Cleared for Chaos
Shutdown Fallout in the Control Tower: Staffing Shortages, Flight Cuts, and a Turbulent Holiday Season
NEW YORK- The federal government shutdown has now stretched into its 40th day. That’s forty days of no paychecks for over 13,000 hard working air traffic controllers. Forty days of furloughed FAA safety inspectors. Forty days of mounting risk in America’s skies—and still, Washington refuses to act.
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