RI air traffic controllers getting help from pilots during shutdown

Gift cards will help the air traffic controllers buy food, other essentials, the pilots say

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The Rhode Island Pilots Association is raising money for local air traffic controllers working without pay during the government shutdown.

Donations will be used to purchase gift cards for food and other essential items for the 39 controllers at Providence Air Traffic Control.

Federal law limits individual gifts to federal employees to a value of $20, so the association is collecting donations in $20 increments.

As air traffic controllers work without pay during the government shutdown, the Rhode Island Pilots Association is raising money to support local air traffic controllers.

"The Rhode Island Pilots Association is asking you to support our Providence Air Traffic Cont