Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said workers have gone too long without paychecks to work safely.

With the FAA cutting 10% of flights starting Friday, air traffic controllers are currently unpaid in some of the most stressful jobs in the country.

The Department of Transportation may close some parts of the airspace if enough air traffic controllers don’t show up to work, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday.

Air traffic controller Jack Criss Jr. and former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu join NewsNation to discuss the government shutdown and the impact it is having on federal workers.

Five weeks into the government shutdown, controllers across the country, forced to work without pay, are taking second jobs to stay afloat.

With the system issues continuing, air traffic controllers are preparing the flight plans manually with available data, which is a time-consuming process, and as a result, many flights are getting del

Sixty-hour workweeks, low morale and missed paychecks have driven air traffic controllers to their breaking point.

Former air traffic controller Mark McBurney joins NewsNation to discuss major airports facing 10% flight reductions as TSA workers and air traffic controllers continue to work without pay amid the government shutdown.