‘The fact that they have to think about how they put food on the table, they need airlines to put food into the towers so they can have lunch or dinner is outrageous’
By Joe Kovacs
U.S. Transportation Sean Duffy sounded the alarm Sunday about the safety of American air travel, indicating he “can’t stop the frustration of air-traffic controllers” who face higher-than-normal stress levels as they continue to work without pay 26 days into the federal government shutdown.
“You can see the stress, these people that often times live paycheck to paycheck,” Duffy said on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel. “I see that burn coming from the controllers.”
“They’re concerned about gas in the car. They’re concerned about child care and mortgages. And so I’m seeing the stress come for the controllers. Just yesterday, Maria, we had 22 staffing triggers. That’s one of the highest that we’ve seen in the system since the shutdown began and that’s a sign that the controllers are wearing thin.