Among the government employees who are required to show up to work, and for now are not getting paid, are air traffic controllers. There are more than 14,000 air traffic controllers who work for the ...

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Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford announced Thursday that hundreds of air traffic controllers and technicians who worked ...

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Air traffic controllers issued a desperate plea to lawmakers to end the government shutdown, as thousands of workers continue without paychecks. Federal employees, including air traffic controllers, ...

Some airlines are stepping in to help feed air traffic controllers and other unpaid federal aviation workers who missed their first full paycheck on Tuesday, Day 28 of the government shutdown. United ...

For 13,000 air traffic controllers, Tuesday was the first day when they missed a full paycheck because of the government shutdown, which is now nearly a month long. Meanwhile, thousands of other ...

Anthony Schifano is still coming to work at Charlotte’s airport. But the air traffic controller is frustrated about receiving a paycheck that’s basically worthless because of the government shutdown. ...

Absences among air traffic controller could "really matter," one expert says. The government shutdown has shown little sign of resolution as many lawmakers exchange barbs and dig into their positions.

Expensive, grueling, and time-consuming training has exacerbated the shortage of controllers.