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US | DOT Secretary Duffy Threatens to Close Airspace Amid Ongoing Shutdown Standoff (truthout.org)

submitted 5 days ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/aviation@lemmy.zip

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“You may see us close certain parts of the airspace” if the shutdown continues into next week, Duffy warned.

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 13 points 5 days ago

Lmao, that would be great. Surely it's not going to backfire.

[–] PlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Is paying the air-traffic-controllers at airports this expensive?

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

All federal funds are basically frozen during the shutdown, so it's not about the cost as much as people refusing to show up to work for free even though they are mandated by law since it's considered essential work.