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The government shutdown keeps snarling air travel. Officials say it could get worse

Travelers across the U.S. are beginning to feel the impacts of the government shutdown, as air traffic control staffing shortages disrupt flights across the country.

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Transportation secretary says government shutdown adds stress on air traffic controllers

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Duffy: Shutdown adding ‘ripple effect’ to air traffic controller shortage

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Why the government shutdown is playing into travel delays

Earlier this week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said one of the reasons for staffing shortages at airports is that a growing number of air traffic controllers have been calling out sick.

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Duffy threatens to fire air traffic controllers who skip work during shutdown

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Transportation Secretary Threatens to Fire No-Show Air Traffic Controllers

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urges air traffic controllers to show up for work: ‘Need to go to their jobs’

More than 14,000 controllers employed by the Federal Aviation Administration are working without pay since the Oct. 1 shutdown.

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Transportation Secretary threatens to fire ‘problem children’ air traffic controllers who call out sick

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US could dismiss air traffic controllers who fail to work during shutdown, transportation secretary says

WFAE 90.7

Shutdown strains already short-staffed air traffic controllers, union president says

Understaffing at air traffic control towers has affected flights this week. But the The National Air Traffic Controllers Association president says worker shortages are nothing new.

WSOC-TV

City of Monroe to build new air traffic control tower by 2028

MONROE, N.C. — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the City of Monroe have conducted a study to determine the future site of an Air Traffic Control Tower at Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport. This study is part of the FAA’s Contract Tower ...

FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth

Staffing shortages at air traffic control towers cause massive delays across U.S.

At least eight air traffic control towers are expected to be understaffed for several hours on Tuesday night, according to the FAA.

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Nashville airport's FAA air traffic control tower faces alarming shortages, safety risks

The air traffic controller who caught the potential disaster is one of 30 certified professionals employed at Nashville airport's tower. Amid a nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers, that number has not kept pace with the airport's surging passenger traffic.