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Cranky Flier

Shutdown Ends: DOT Begins Recovery From ATC Capacity Drawdowns

By Cranky Flier: ![](https://s6331.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025CWRPBOSFBAlogo.png) ![](https://s6331.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/cwr1-1.jpg) Shutdown Ends, (Hopefully) Bringing Our Long, ATC National Nightmare to an End One week after we posted in this space about DOT-mandated drawdowns of ATC capacity due to the ongoing government shutdown, we now begin the recovery from the unprecedented reduction in.

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