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Sean Duffy Threatens to Fire Air Traffic Controllers as 10% Call Out Sick During Shutdown

Sean Duffy, the former reality TV host and current Secretary of Transportation, is upset with air traffic controllers who are calling out sick during the government shutdown, which has caused a surge...

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Air traffic controllers who duck unpaid work during the gov’t shutdown could be fired, Duffy warns

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Air traffic controller shortages amid shutdown lead to canceled flights, delays nationwide

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Air traffic controllers who duck unpaid work during the gov't shutdown could be fired, Duffy warns

Even though the U.S. has a stark shortage of air traffic controllers, ones who call in sick instead of working without a paycheck during the federal government shutdown risk being fired, the U.S. tran...

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DOT chief threatens to fire air traffic controllers who skip work

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

Yahoo

Duffy: No plans to privatize air traffic controllers

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Wednesday said he is not looking to privatize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or its air traffic controllers, an idea floated by President Trump during his first term. “I could spend my time the next three ...

NPR

Inside a school that's working to fix the U.S. shortage of air traffic controllers

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Hailee Williamson calmly directs a virtual airplane to land on a runway that looks exactly like one at the airport in Oklahoma City where the Federal Aviation Administration trains future air traffic controllers. But Williamson, 20 ...