US EditionDenver wants to pay airport staff to avoid FAA flight cuts
Denver International Airport seeks FAA permission to use airport funds for controllers’ pay as FAA plans 10% flight cuts at 40 major airports during a 36-day shutdown.
- Denver International Airport has requested permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to use airport revenue to pay air traffic controllers and other federal employees working without pay during the government shutdown.
- DIA also plans to seek reimbursement from the federal government once the shutdown ends, and has created a food and essentials pantry for federal employees working at the airport, seeking public donations to stock it.
- The airport CEO stated that air traffic controllers are being unnecessarily stressed due to the shutdown, and hopes to reduce the hardship on them by covering their wages, though unable to support all federal workers given their numbers.
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State offers to pay TSA, FAA workers to spare Hawaii from air travel cuts
The state Department of Transportation has offered to advance the full salaries and benefits of Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration airport screeners assigned to Hawaii during the federal funding lapse in a bid to avoid a 10% cut to air traffic that could severely impact the state’s economy and public safety. In a letter sent Thursday to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, stat…
Amid the historic closure of the U.S. government, which now extends for five weeks, the city of Denver, Colorado, decided to take a step to avoid air chaos: to fund the controllers of Denver International Airport (DIA) with their own funds. The initiative seeks to prevent a 10% reduction in scheduled flights nationwide.
Dozens of Denver flights canceled as DIA’s air traffic controllers carry on without pay
Inside a tower at Denver International Airport, federal air traffic controllers have kept air travel alive through the government shutdown, even as the Trump administration on Thursday ordered a reduction in flights at 40 major airports, including DIA, forcing airlines into a scramble and complicating the lives of travelers nationwide. Nearly 700 planned Friday flights were cut from airline schedules — including more than 70 in and out of Denver…
State offers to pay TSA, FAA workers to spare Hawaii from air travel cuts | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The state Department of Transportation has offered to advance the full salaries and benefits of Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration airport screeners assigned to Hawaii during the federal funding lapse in a bid to avoid a 10% cut to air traffic that could severely impact the state’s economy and public safety.
Here’s which city has offered to pay airport staff as historic government shutdown continues
Denver has proposed to keep the nation's third-busiest airport running by paying air traffic controllers out of its own pocket as the FAA plans to slash 10% of flights across the US due to the record-breaking government shutdown.
Denver wants to pay airport staff to avoid FAA flight cuts
(The Hill) -- Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D) on Thursday proposed that the city will pay air traffic controllers as they go without paychecks due to the government shutdown. Johnston's proposal would need to be permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Politico reported. The city requested a waiver to pay air traffic controllers at Denver International Airport but has not received a response yet. The Hill reached out to Johnston's …
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