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Sean Duffy said his department may punish air traffic controller absences during the shutdown. He was referring specifically to controllers who stopped working before missing pay. Controllers missed ...

The Transportation Department is drawing bipartisan criticism for rewarding $10,000 bonuses to a small number of air traffic controllers and technicians while ignoring the vast majority of the ...

With air traffic controllers in the news lately, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Emily Hanoka, a former controller who retired earlier this year, about the stresses and sacrifices involved in the work. Air ...