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With the FAA cutting 10% of flights starting Friday, air traffic controllers are currently unpaid in some of the most stressful jobs in the country.
The FAA ordered airlines to cut thousands of flights as the agency deals with air traffic controller shortages during the government shutdown. The cuts began Friday morning.
Five weeks into the government shutdown, controllers across the country, forced to work without pay, are taking second jobs to stay afloat.
The Department of Transportation may close some parts of the airspace if enough air traffic controllers don’t show up to work, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday.
The New York City area’s highest-volume airports, including JFK, LaGuardia and Newark, are among those set to be affected by 10% air traffic cuts that the FAA is poised to impose amid the ongoing, and longest-ever,
The FAA plans to reduce air traffic by 10% at busy airports. And, a federal judge orders the Trump administration to fully restore SNAP food benefits by today, which it plans to appeal.
Former air traffic controller Mark McBurney joins NewsNation to discuss major airports facing 10% flight reductions as TSA workers and air traffic controllers continue to work without pay amid the government shutdown.
Apple TV is hoping to keep the planes in the sky with The Flick, a thriller centered on a heroic air traffic controller. Apple Original Films has picked up The Flick, an unpublished short story from writer Matt Hickey set in the high-pressure world of air traffic control.