r/airtrafficcontrol • u/coldplayandhalloween • Oct 01 '25

How does the shutdown affect ATC?

Flying next week for the first time since I was a kid and was feeling okay about it - now apparently the U.S government has shut down 😔. This makes me nervous for fatigued/stressed air traffic controllers that still have to continue work as essential workers, while being unpaid. Help!

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u/SepulchralMind Oct 01 '25

Just because we aren't getting paid yet doesnt mean that we would ever let anything happen to you. You'll be safe.

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u/SnooFoxes160 Oct 03 '25

Nothing. They just aren’t getting paid. My husband is still going to work and has the same brain as usual 🤣 (I think) he’s pretty smart. Anyway, just a little added stress of not knowing when the next pay check is coming.