Air Traffic Controllers Start Resigning as Shutdown Bites
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Unpaid air traffic controllers are quitting their jobs altogether as the longest government shutdown in U.S. history continues.

Overtaxed and unpaid air traffic controllers are resigning “every day” due to stress from the government shutdown.

“Controllers are resigning every day now because of the prolonged nature of the shutdown,” Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, told CNN.

“We hadn’t seen that before. And we’re also 400 controllers short—shorter than we were in the 2019 shutdown.”

Air traffic controllers are federal workers, which means they are part of the approximately 730,000 federal employees working without pay since the shutdown began on Oct. 1.

    • SoloCritical@lemmy.world
      3·
      28 days ago

      “Uh… attention all aircraft in the vicinity of JFK… ChatGPT Tower’s got this under control… mostly… just, uh, maintain separation and good vibes.” 😅

    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      28 days ago

      I had an Uber rider yesterday that brought up a fairly profound prediction about AI. It’s clear it is poisoning the Internet, but he said “what if this gets people to get off social media and start being social IRL?” I’m paraphrasing and he was much more verbose, but it’s a pleasant thought I’ve been holding onto.