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Airports see staffing shortages driven by government shutdown
NBC News· 2025-10-07 16:14
The government shutdown is now rippling into air traffic control towers in Newark, in Denver, and in Phoenix. Long delays due to staffing yesterday, according to the FAA. In Burbank, the air traffic control tower left completely unmanned overnight for roughly 6 hours.>> Burb closing down the tower. >> Is it because of the shut down. >> It's for stopping.Burbank tower is closed. Controllers in San Diego took over for Burbank, but the delays remained. California Governor Gavin Newsome blaming the president on ...
Transportation Secretary: Air traffic controllers are 'stressed out' amid the government shutdown
CNBC Television· 2025-10-07 13:03
New Jersey's Newark airport might already be feeling the impact of the government shutdown. As concerns grow over not receiving their paychecks, air traffic controllers have been calling out from time to time delaying air travel control. There have been questions about TSA and whether those uh workers will continue to show up, but joining us right now is transportation secretary Shawn Duffy.He was at Newark airport yesterday and he spoke to the air traffic controllers there. Um, I guess Newark is just one o ...