Air traffic controllers to miss 1st full paycheck Tuesday, furthering staffing concerns and delays

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- For the past fewer weeks, aerial postulation controllers person received partial paychecks due to the fact that of the national authorities shutdown. Starting Tuesday, they volition miss their archetypal afloat paycheck.

Airports nationwide are seeing much delayed and canceled flights owed successful portion to staffing shortages.

U.S. aerial postulation controllers -- who are considered indispensable workers -- person been told to support doing their jobs during the shutdown.

Tuesday marks the archetypal time controllers volition spell without an full paycheck.

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Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, released this statement:

"With each passing day, controllers go much distracted by the hazard of receiving a zero-dollar paycheck connected October 28, contempt moving 40 hours per week and, successful galore cases, mandatory overtime owed to the controller staffing shortage."

"It's incredibly important that they ore connected the job," said John Nance, an aviation expert.

There are astir 13,000 aerial postulation controllers nationwide. Nance said not getting paid tin adhd tremendous accent to an already high-pressure job.

"We haven't had capable aerial postulation controllers successful decades and these folks are retired connected the beforehand lines present without paychecks now. We cannot expect them to bash the occupation that they are expected to do," said Nance.

On Fox News connected Sunday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy formed blasted connected Democrats for the shutdown and what's happening to controllers.

"I don't privation aerial postulation controllers going to a nutrient bank," said Duffy.

Some airports person seen staffing shortages, delays, and astatine LAX this past weekend--a crushed stop.

The FAA said this astir aerial postulation controller staffing:

"As Secretary Duffy has said, determination person been accrued staffing shortages crossed the system. When that happens, the FAA slows postulation into immoderate airports to guarantee harmless operations."

Back successful 2019, the strain connected aerial question successful the U.S. helped extremity the five-week authorities shutdown erstwhile galore aerial postulation controllers stayed location connected the aforesaid day.

Air travelers anticipation things don't scope that level.