00:00I'm an air traffic controller here do you want to help aviation safety by
00:07ending the shutdown aviation safety thank you
00:18aviation safety thank you
00:30air traffic control is inherently a stressful job it's one in which it requires intense focus
00:37every day we have to be a hundred percent right a hundred percent of the time not knowing exactly
00:42how I'm going to have childcare for my kids or put gas in the car or pay the next mortgage payment
00:48adds a certain level of stress onto an already stressful profession it's just very difficult
00:54the longer that this goes on the more you know any savings that I may have start to dwindle and
00:59it's just really important that we all get paid as soon as possible for the work that we're doing
01:03today marks the first day that air traffic controllers have a completely different focus today
01:08their first loss of pay air traffic controllers are out moving over 45,000 flights today three
01:16million passengers tons of cargo that keeps America moving and their focus is now on when they'll receive
01:23pay again air traffic controllers are supposed to mitigate risk air traffic controllers ensure that
01:28risk is out of the system so that those who fly and those who we serve that they are safe and this
01:34brings a risk where their focus is now on when I get off my shift today do I have to go and drive
01:39uber tonight so that way I can put gas in the car or food on the table for my family so with that being
01:45said we're calling on the elected officials to end this shutdown air traffic controllers are not
01:49responsible for starting a shutdown and we're not responsible for ending shutdowns only our elected
01:54officials are and our elected officials need to end the shutdown today we have over 40 airlines and
02:0180,000 members we're here to stand in solidarity with nick and the air traffic controllers it's hard
02:06to believe that those that keep us safe and secure whether it's the air traffic controllers the tsa
02:12agents of security the safety inspectors these folks are working without a paycheck and they're expected
02:19to keep us safe and secure every day and in the traveling and shipping public this is crazy we send
02:25lawmakers to dc to do their jobs fund the government end the shutdown and get folks back to work get
02:33these folks paid before the shutdown air traffic controllers shortages drove about five percent of all
02:38flight delays now air traffic control staffing issues account for 53 percent of all delays in other
02:45words the shutdowns having an impact it's having an impact on flights on cancellations on delays and
02:51on families and of course people doing business it's affecting our economy look what we did in the middle
02:57east yesterday there's no reason why we can't solve this problem too first so i'm headed back to washington
03:04right now through everything we can to get a deal done
03:15of an email address
03:20uh
03:33so
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