CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Air traffic controllers have missed two paychecks, but they are still expected to show up to work in what has become the longest government shutdown in history. Nationwide thousands of flights have been delayed and hundreds canceled as airlines deal with forced FAA flight cuts, staffing shortages and winter weather.

Winter weather is adding a strain on an already stretched system. Air traffic controllers are among the essential government workers forced to continue working with no pay in the government shutdown that now exceeds 41 days.

“We just want to do the work that we love and continue serving the flying public but not have to question how we’re going to pay the bills,” Amy Lark, Air Traffic Controller said.

The FAA was already dealing with a shortage of air traff

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