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More than 1,600 flights person been canceled crossed the U.S. connected Monday arsenic the Federal Aviation Administration limits capableness astatine 40 large U.S. airports, with President Donald Trump threatening aerial postulation controllers to "get backmost to work, NOW!!!"
"All Air Traffic Controllers indispensable get backmost to work, NOW!!! Anyone who doesn't volition beryllium substantially 'docked,'" Trump said successful a societal media station connected Monday.
In summation to the 1,684 flights canceled connected Monday, determination were besides 3,480 delays for flights within, into oregon retired of the United States, according to hose postulation tracker FlightAware.
Several canceled flights are displayed connected a departures committee astatine Boston Logan International Airport successful Boston connected Nov. 10, 2025.
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Trump besides claimed helium was recommending a $10,000 bonus to air postulation controllers who did not instrumentality immoderate clip disconnected during the authorities shutdown, though helium did not explicate specifics connected however that would beryllium done.
"For those that did thing but complain, and took clip off, adjacent though everyone knew they would beryllium paid, IN FULL, soon into the future, I americium NOT HAPPY WITH YOU," Trump said.
ATC Union President Nick Daniels responded to Trump's station during a property conference, saying controllers merit to beryllium paid and the national volition enactment done the issues with the administration.
"I'll instrumentality thing that recognizes these hard-working men and women, but we'll enactment with the medication connected immoderate issues that are retired there," Daniels said. "Air postulation controllers have continued to amusement up during this shutdown. They've endured a longest shutdown successful American history, and each azygous day, they absolutely, not lone merit their pay, they merit to beryllium recognized for what's going on."
He added, "Again, aerial postulation controllers should not beryllium the governmental pawn during a authorities shutdown."
The question chaos, which comes amid a record-long shutdown of the national government, was expected to proceed into Tuesday, according to the tracker. At slightest 942 flights planned for Tuesday person already been canceled, FlightAware said.
The FAA's limiting capableness does not interaction planetary flights arsenic it would beryllium a usurpation of planetary agreements with the countries, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said successful an interrogation connected ABC News Live connected Friday.
An airdrome unit subordinate helps a traveler astatine Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, much than a period into the ongoing U.S. authorities shutdown, successful Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 9, 2025.
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There were 2,953 formation cancellations connected Sunday, 1 of the worst days successful caller U.S. history. Through 4 p.m., it had the 11th-most cancellations of immoderate time since Jan. 1, 2024, according to Cirium, an aviation analytics company.
There are aerial postulation controller shortages crossed overmuch of the country, necessitating the cutbacks connected flights, according to Duffy. Air postulation controllers, who are not being paid during the shutdown, are faced with pugnacious decisions.
"We took an oath to support the flying nationalist ... and without immoderate money, it's astir impossible," Chris Brown, enforcement vice president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 10-40, which represents 1,600 Transportation Safety Administration employees successful North Texas, told ABC News Live connected Sunday. "If they can't wage for time attraction and they don't person immoderate other resources, past there's nary mode for them to travel to work. They can't permission their kids astatine location alone."
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