U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned air-traffic controllers who repeatedly call in sick during the government shutdown could face termination. Controllers have been ordered to work without pay, and rising sick calls are producing operational gaps that are spreading flight delays nationwide.
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The FAA has furloughed about 11,300 employees while roughly 33,500 ‘essential’ staff, including controllers, were ordered to continue working without pay — a staffing baseline that shapes the scale of operational risk. https://hype.aero/?story=8b5e2b5e-099b-44e2-8ed9-041793b0b955
The shutdown is already producing localized outages and delays: rising sick calls and deferred pay have created operational gaps and slowed thousands of flights across major U.S. airports. https://hype.aero/?story=2dcdbd81-dce2-4fbc-b7f1-6c7ae764a870
There have been concrete safety and continuity impacts in the system, including a control tower left unmanned for about six hours, underscoring immediate operational vulnerability. https://hype.aero/?story=98421ae7-f788-4a1a-9f47-ee8d8b373ee3
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U.S. government shutdown exposes cracks in the aviation system • The Independent
We’ll be right back • cavenewstimes.com
Duffy warns air traffic controllers who call out during shutdown risk firing • Associated Press
