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Air traffic controllers didn't get paid during the government shutdown. Here's how much they make normally.

Becoming an air traffic controller is a long and difficult process, and the job is equally stressful. But it comes with good pay.Michael Dwyer/AP US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy claimed new air ...
Forbes

Those Air Traffic Controller Bonuses Now Face Bipartisan Criticism

The Transportation Department is drawing bipartisan criticism for rewarding $10,000 bonuses to a small number of air traffic controllers and technicians while ignoring the vast majority of the ...
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These air-traffic controllers are leaving their jobs and heading to Australia

Chris Dickinson was stunned after he took an impromptu tour of an air-traffic control tower in Sydney, Australia. Controllers there worked 36-hour weeks on average and seemed happy, rather than ...
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The U.S. urgently needs air traffic controllers. Here's what the job requires.

The government shutdown highlighted a fragile link in the nation's aviation system: finding enough air traffic controllers to keep flights on schedule. The 43-day closure, during which controllers ...
OPB

Retired Eugene air traffic controller shares insight on staffing crisis, morale as government reopens

Note: The following transcript was transcribed digitally and validated for accuracy, readability and formatting by an OPB volunteer. Dave Miller: This is Think Out Loud on OPB. I’m Dave Miller. The ...
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Even if shutdown ends, air traffic control staffing shortage remains a concern

WASHINGTON (7News) — Even though the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has grounded flights due to air traffic control staffing shortages during the government shutdown, training to fill job ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Air traffic controllers promised fast shutdown pay, but they've been told that before

WASHINGTON — With the federal government open for business again, air traffic controllers can finally get paid for all the work they performed during the 43 days of the shutdown. Transportation ...
People

Air Traffic Controller in Disastrous D.C. Plane Crash Explains What They Were Thinking and One Thing They Would Change

The controller's interview with investigators provides new details into how the catastrophe was not averted after an Army helicopter flew too close to a jet, insisting it would go around The NTSB ...
Fox Business

Flight reductions frozen at 6% as air traffic controller callouts see ‘rapid decline’

The Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an emergency order Wednesday evening freezing flight reductions at 6% amid a "rapid decline" in air traffic ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Becoming an air traffic controller is a long and difficult process, and the job is equally stressful. But it comes with good ...