Transportation Secretary Threatens To Fire Air Traffic Controller 'Problem Children' [View all]
Source: Huff Post/Reuters
Oct 9, 2025, 01:42 PM EDT | Updated 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Thursday that the government could dismiss air traffic controllers who repeatedly fail to show up for work during the government shutdown, saying a spike in absences is causing significant air disruptions.
“If we have a continual small subset of controllers that don’t show up to work, and they’re the problem children ... if we have some on our staff that aren’t dedicated like we need, we’re going to let them go,” Duffy said on Fox Business. “I can’t have people not showing up for work.”
Duffy praised the 90% to 95% of controllers who are showing up daily despite not getting paid. “It’s a small fraction of people who don’t come to work that can create this massive disruption, and that’s what you’re seeing rippling through our skies today,” Duffy added. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association did not immediately comment on Duffy’s remarks but has repeatedly urged controllers to keep working during the nine-day-old government shutdown.
The union told workers that “participating in a job action could result in removal from federal service” and is illegal. The U.S. has faced an air traffic controller staffing shortage for more than a decade and many have been working mandatory overtime and six-day weeks even before the shutdown. The FAA is about 3,500 air traffic controllers short of targeted staffing levels.
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That really makes sense!!!!111!!!!!
(like a 3 year old having a temper tantrum
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