Two weeks into the government shutdown , tensions are reaching new heights at airports across the country .

Tuesday at Philadelphia International Airport, members of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) handed out pamphlets urging travelers to contact their representatives to end the shutdown.

They're already working six-day weeks due to an ongoing staffing shortage, and now they're doing it without pay because of the shutdown. Regardless of that, some air traffic controllers showed up outside Terminal D/E on their one day off this week to inform passengers about the impact of the government shutdown.

Charles Jacques has been an air traffic controller at PHL for 18 years, and this is his third time experiencing the effects of a government shutdown .

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