FAA reduces air traffic during government shutdown
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Air traffic controllers are about to miss their first paycheck. Some are now forced to get a side gig. Four days into the government shutdown, Jack Criss, an air traffic control specialist at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, assumed a second role — driving for DoorDash.
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 not, mandatory overtime.
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Jack Criss Jr. said last month when he got off work, he drove for DoorDash just to pay for his daughter’s tuition.