This is crazy, US air traffic workers pressure senate to end government shutdown

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Several US air traffic workers distributed leaflets asking people to pressure their senators to end the government shutdown, at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia on Oct 14.  More than 13,000 air traffic controllers received what could be their last paycheck this month, if the government shutdown is not resolved in the next two weeks.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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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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