Fresno-Yosemite International air traffic controllers miss first paycheck amid government shutdown

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Traveler Dan Carter said recently, his formation was delayed 12 hours.

"I was acceptable to spell done the solid to get somebody. And I don't usually suffer my temper, but it was truthful frustrating," Carter said.

It's thing thousands of travelers person dealt with since the national authorities unopen down earlier this month.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said astir fractional of delays Sunday, and astir a 4th connected Monday were owed to staffing shortages.

"They person families. Who, you know, my bosom goes retired to them," traveler Donise Carter said. "If you're going to halt the pay, past fig retired a mode to provender their families."

Both aerial postulation controllers and TSA agents, some captious to keeping travelers safe, are moving without a paycheck.

To compensate, galore are already moving 2nd job.

Although officials astatine Fresno's airdrome said they person not heard of their employees picking up further work, immoderate person had to instrumentality steps to defer their mortgages and question further fiscal assistance.

"When we locomotion successful those doors, the occupation that we bash each time is stressful enough. And present we person an avoidable accent successful our idiosyncratic lives," aerial postulation controller Jerry O'Gorman said. "We person to interest astir what we're going to do, are we going to wage our mortgage? Are we going to person our kids miss things?"

Travelers accidental they sympathize with unpaid workers but they besides interest astir their ain safety.

"If the radical are not, successful their position, moving successful the close timing, successful the close location, oregon successful the close stations, determination indispensable beryllium immoderate problems around," traveler Hector Diaz said.

Fresno-Yosemite International officials accidental they person not had much employees telephone retired sick since the shutdown started.