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There’s a record strain on America's air traffic control operations as controllers prepare to miss their first paychecks since the government shutdown began , according to the Trump administration’s Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

"They get a notice of what they're going to be paid on Tuesday, and they got a big fat zero. No paycheck is coming on Tuesday, and so I've been out talking to our air traffic controllers, and you can see the stress," Duffy told host Maria Bartiromo in a "Sunday Morning Futures" exclusive interview.

"Just yesterday, Maria, we had 22 staffing triggers. That's one of the highest that we've seen in the system since the shutdown began," he added. "And that's a sign that the contro

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