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Flight Disruptions Continue as Air Traffic Controllers Brace for Their First Full Missing Paychecks
About 2,800 flights were delayed and 109 canceled due to staffing shortages as air traffic controllers work unpaid amid a prolonged government shutdown, FlightAware reported.
- On Monday, about 2,800 U.S. flights were delayed on Day 27 of the government shutdown, and an additional 109 flights were canceled, FlightAware reported.
- Controllers are scheduled to miss their first full paychecks on Tuesday, and Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said they received notices confirming no paycheck is coming on Tuesday.
- Tuesday, FlightAware recorded over 8,700 U.S. flight delays as air traffic controllers reported stress and financial strain living paycheck-to-paycheck.
- There were 22 staffing triggers at air traffic control towers and facilities on Sunday, and officials said pre-existing shortages could stall national staffing efforts.
- Pre-Existing staffing shortfalls complicate recovery efforts, CBS News reported nationally on the flight disruptions affecting national audiences.
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Democrat Govt Shutdown Delays 2,800 Flights as Air Traffic Controllers Go Without Pay.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Roughly 2,800 U.S. flights were delayed, and 109 were canceled on Monday due to staffing shortages amid the ongoing Senate Democrat-led government shutdown.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Air traffic controllers, the Department of Transportation (USDOT), and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.WHEN & WHERE: Monday, October 27, 2025, across U.S. airports.KEY QUOTE: “They got a big fat no paycheck is coming on Tuesday,” said Secretary…
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