Transportation secretary says figure is ‘one of the highest we’ve seen’ since 1 October as shutdown drags on
US airports have reported more than 20 incidents of air traffic controller shortages on Saturday, said Sean Duffy, transportation secretary, in the latest sign of the government shutdown’s impact.
Through the shutdown of the federal government, around 13,000 air traffic controllers and about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers must work without pay during the shutdown.
The FAA is around 3,500 air traffic controllers short of targeted staffing levels, which had many to work mandatory overtime and six-day weeks before the shutdown began.
Won’t a billionaire step in and pay them for the meantime? You know, like Timothy Mellon paid $130 million to keep the troops happy the other day (since the gov refuses to pass a budget without thoroughly fucking over the American public by doubling their healthcare costs)
130 million isnt even enough for the troops consider how much they cost a month, its like several billion in a month.
That’s technically illegal, not that it matters anymore ig.
Legality really is a thing of the past, at least for those in power. There’s no accountability for them, no checks to their authority…so they might as well be considered kings/dictators at this point
They already paid for Trump’s ballroom, so that has to be enough.
that 130mil isnt even covering that much for troops, only a small 100$ one time thing, while it cost hundreds of billions a month.
I wonder how long it would take to redistribute the wealth if the Billionaires funded the government.