Since the start of the government shutdown, thousands of flight delays have bottlenecked travel at major U.S. airports due, in no small part, to staffing shortages. Air traffic controllers and other ...

WASHINGTON — More than a month into the last government shutdown in 2019, a few air traffic controllers finally reached their breaking point. There was only a “slight increase” in sick leave at two ...

There appears to be no end in sight to the government shutdown, but one specific group of federal employees may be able to steer Congress toward a resolution: air traffic controllers. With the ...

Starting Friday, federal workers will be getting their first paychecks for smaller-than-usual amounts because of the shutdown. That is likely to especially sting federal employees who have to show up ...

Controllers missing work was widely cited as the reason the last shutdown came to an end. But that assumption might have been overblown, according to controllers, aviation safety experts and ...

The government shutdown has caused travel disruptions as unpaid air traffic controllers call out sick. Since the start of the government shutdown, thousands of flight delays have bottlenecked travel ...

A shortage of air traffic controllers may have played a key role in ending the last government shutdown in 2019. Those controllers could be in a powerful position this year as well. Lawmakers in ...