October 21 marks three weeks since the federal government shutdown, but not every federal employee is temporarily not workin ...

Controllers have urged air passengers to contact their representatives to end the shutdown. The transportation secretary also ...

Air traffic controllers are about to miss their first paycheck. Some are now forced to get a side gig. Four days into the ...

Members of the air traffic controllers union are distributing leaflets about the shutdown’s effects at nearly two dozen airports to raise awareness, including Atlanta.

The Department of Transportation and TSA are assuring travelers that safety remains their top priority as the government ...

The White House’s first round of shutdown-related layoffs have arrived, and it looks like furloughed DOT employees can take a breather — at least for now.

The FAA's training academy in Oklahoma City is operating in spite of the government shutdown, but air traffic control trainees are still feeling its impact.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told Fox Business viewers Thursday that air traffic controllers who call in sick during the shutdown will not be paid and could be fired—intimidating rhetoric ...

Today, however, controllers will receive their first zero-dollar paycheck, or, as Duffy called it, “ a big, fat zero .” No income. Nothing, all while they are working full-time and, more often than ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Sixty air traffic controllers are Chicago O'Hare International Airport are among the hundreds in the Chicago area getting their first pay checks impacted by the federal government ...

“As [Transportation] Secretary [Sean] Duffy has said, there have been increased staffing shortages across the system. When that happens, the FAA slows traffic into some airports to ensure safe ...

A united flight takes off past the air traffic control tower at Nashville International Airport in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. The Federal Aviation Administration reduced the number of ...