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Air traffic controllers and FAA employees are at the end of their first week with a zeroed out paycheck. John Love holds a sign with other union members of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists union at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport's domestic terminal, Wednesday, October 29, 2025, in Atlanta. PASS members at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), working without pay or furloughed, held an informational picket at Hartsfield-Jackson to call public attention to the impact of the government shutdown on aviation safety and the personal toll it is taking on their families. (Hyosub Shin/AJC) As the government shutdown reaches Day 31, some of the least visible federal employees responsible for keeping the aviation industry functioning are speaking out. Transportation Security Administration officers and air traffic controllers are among the more visible aviation industry employees forced to continue working during the shutdown. Local controllers handed out leaflets at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport this week about the issue. — — krow tuohtiw pu noinu eht gniwohs .kcehcyap rehto fo srebmem ni rof seeyolpme era osla a stsilaicepS ytefaS lanoisseforP laredeF tuB noitaivA noitaivA atnaltA noitartsinimdA ,keew gnigru srelevart ot ot siht eht eht .nwodtuhs ytefas slanoisseforp erusserp snaicitilop gnissap dne detartsnomed noitaiva ta osla tropria esehT atnaltA lacitirc“ nihtiw noitatropsnart ciffart ot eht eht eht taht ”smetsys ,smetsys smetsys tsilaiceps selor .evitatneserper soidar ,sradar stolip lanoitan niatniam gnithgil gnidulcni delliks-ylhgih denialpxe lortnoc ,etacinummoc dna dna dna na wolla yawria ,ecapsria ria riehT SSAP ,semaJ adnamA ”retsasid“ htiw denraw noinu levart eht eht nwodtuhs .nosaes tnediserp no fo fo lanoitan gniteem gnimool ,sredael otni yrtsudni gnidulcni fi sdnetxe ysub noitaiva noitaiva dna a a eciV ecnaV yadsruhT gnivigsknahT tnediserP ,SSAP DJ retfA Amanda James (right), a union representative for PASS, holds a sign as airport travelers walk by at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Wednesday, October 29, 2025, in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin/AJC) eW“ eW“ ”.krow ew ot ot siht taht os nwodtuhs .dias yap ruo deen tsuj otni otni og yreve ,dne tbed ,yad emoc nac ”,sllib semaJ krow ,snaretev eht nwodtuhs ehs ,dias laer radar .smelborp yratilim si ni gnitaerc seugaelloc era dna lla reH eW“ deirrow eht taht snur tner .tuo ro segagtrom ecnarusni ”.emoh htlaeh evah evah evah .seirecorg ruof .eud yad syob ta lla tuoba eW s’ehS I ruO“ ehs .dias ,ytefas .scitilop nasitrap trap fo ton sboj boj si era ruO ”,%001 dnA“ ohw er’ew ew srelevart ot ot sgniht eseht eht eht eht taht taht gnikat smetsys erus ”.efas ,efas tser elpoep tuo redro fo fo deen ekam gniniatniam peek peek ni ereh erac era Doug Lowe, regional vice president of PASS, hands out flyers to airport travelers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport's domestic terminal, Wednesday, October 29, 2025, in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin/AJC) noinu dias rebmem s’ti latnemnorivne .tluciffid ,rotanidrooc neeb dna a ,smailliW nwahS SSAP … I“ tuohtiw owt ot taht ffuts ehs ,roines roines .loohcs thgir yllaer kcehcyap yap trap fo fo ”.won ton sdeen tol .gnivil sdik ni stcapmi reh evah evah rof ssalc .nerdlihc dna elba a a a a gnikroW s’enO m’I I I“ dluow hsiw ew ot ot siht eht taht smret evlos os .dias melborp ”,diap tuo tsuj woh eh tnemnrevog teg erugif emoc nac dna lla ”,stuodnah“ .krow tnaw ot rieht .dias diap ton tsuj rof rof seeyolpme eb gniksa era yehT semaJ AAF naelc“ keew ot ot siht eht .taht noituloser nepoer snaicitilop ssap rehto no tsuj ”tnemnrevog od gniunitnoc sreirrac dellac dna dna a seniL atleD desab-atnaltA riA s’tI“ etorw ot ot eseht eht taht sknaht naht .tnemetats no erom si ni ”,sthgilf laredef seeyolpme yliad yliad sremotsuc yrrac enilria elba a atleD 000,005 000,5 htiw llew noitatropsnart ciffart ot ot eht ffats emos nwodtuhs .ecivres tnes ytiruces rehto slaem pleh sah ,seeyolpme dehctapsid remotsuc srellortnoc stniopkcehc sa sa dna dna tropria ria gniruD atleD atleD atnaltA dednepsus ytiruces gnineercs senal sti ni sah evisulcxe ta dna osla stropria kroY enO weN soL tI atleD .selegnA Daphne Hosea, union member of PASS, holds a flyer at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport's domestic terminal, Wednesday, October 29, 2025, in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
