US EditionAir Traffic Controllers Could Soon Be Getting No Pay
The administration seeks over $500 million monthly to pay controllers amid staffing shortages during the third week of the federal shutdown, risking increased flight delays.
- On Oct. 28, the nation’s more than 13,000 air traffic controllers will face the first fully missed paycheck and could see $0 on their pay stubs if the shutdown continues.
- The Trump administration is exploring ways to pay air traffic controllers after earlier reprogramming $8 billion in unobligated research funds to cover paychecks for more than 1 million active-duty military.
- Under a 2019 law, air traffic controllers must work during a shutdown but are entitled to backpay, while many face severe staffing shortages and already received one reduced check.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned the flying public might face disruptions and said controllers who live paycheck to paycheck will need to find ways to support their families, while the Senate is expected to vote this week on restoring salaries.
- Reprogramming faces legal limits, and OMB Director Russ Vought said last week the administration is `playing budgetary twister` to pay controllers, while the White House has a military workaround as the shutdown enters its third week.
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Trump Admin Seeks Ways to Pay Air Traffic Controllers
The Trump administration is considering how it can pay air traffic controllers as the government shutdown continues, five sources told Politico. Paying air traffic controllers would cost more than $500 million a month, a congressional aide said, and concern is rising that a mass sickout among unpaid air traffic controllers could cripple flights across the country. Air traffic controllers received partial paychecks last Tuesday, their last payche…
Washington - Budgetary paralysis in the United States threatens to cause significant disruptions in air traffic, warned Republican parliamentarians on Thursday, who say they fear an increased absenteeism among the controllers of the sky as the big Thanksgiving family party approaches. After more than three weeks of blocking in Congress, Donald Trump's Republicans and the Democratic opposition still fail to hear to adopt a budget and lift this "s…
How ATC Personnel Could Get Shutdown Pay
Amid the federal government shutdown, more than 13,000 air traffic controllers (ATCs) continue to manage 35,000 flights per day without a paycheck. The White House reportedly is looking to change that. Sources within and close to Donald Trump’s administration told Politico that the president is exploring avenues to pay ATCs and other “excepted” personnel while the shutdown continues. Those discussions have also seeped into the FAA, two sources s…
Trump Pushes To Bypass Congress, Pay Air Traffic Controllers Amid Shutdown
As the federal government shutdown enters its third week, politics threaten to ground aviation, but President Trump seems intent on keeping the towers manned. Trump Moves To Fund Air Traffic Controllers During Shutdown With much of the federal government still shuttered, the Trump administration is seeking ways to pay the nation’s air traffic controllers. According to Politico, the White House has directed the Department of Transportation and th…
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