President Donald Trump left thousands of air traffic controllers and technicians off the bonus list during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, union officials told Axios.
According to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, only 776—roughly 7% of the 11,000 controllers and technicians who worked through the 43-day GOP shutdown—will receive a $10,000 “perfect attendance” award. The rest, despite enduring unpaid work, threats from federal officials, and punishing schedules, get nothing.
The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists union said that all of its members should have been recognized.
“It took many hands to ensure that not one delay during the historic 43-day shutdown was attributed to equipment or system failures,” the union said in a statement.
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