ATLANTA - With the government still shutdown, air traffic controllers, including those in Atlanta, are continuing to work without pay.

They’re considered essential workers, like other jobs in the government, so they remain on the job. However, across the country, some controllers are calling out, and that’s starting to impact air travel.

Atlanta airport air traffic controllers

What we know:

Despite having no promise of a paycheck next week, air traffic controllers are in the tower at the world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International. But staffing struggles are beginning to pop up at other airports, as more controllers call out sick.

On Monday, the tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport in California shut down for nearly six hours due to staffing shortages. Another

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