US President Donald Trump on Monday demanded US air-traffic controllers return to work and offered a $10,000 bonus to those who had stayed on the job without pay during the government shutdown. The shutdown, which began October 1 and was now the longest in history, had meant 13,000 controllers, 50,000 TSA agents, and more than a million other govt workers went without pay for over a month, prompting some to call in sick, take leave or otherwise not show up for work. “All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!! Anyone who doesn’t will be substantially ‘docked’,” Trump raged on social media. He went on to offer a bonus of $10,000 to controllers who worked unpaid during the shutdown, describing them as “great patriots. “For those that did nothing but complain, and

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