"My concern is, for those air traffic controllers who, before they missed a paycheck, and were in the shutdown, they decided on a continual basis not to show up for work,"
"They don't know how long the shutdown was going to be, they hadn't missed a pay period, and they didn't come to work,"
"I would just tell you: I'm trying to bring more air traffic controllers in, I'm not trying to take air traffic controllers out."
"But if we have controllers who systemically weren't doing their job, we will take action,"
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that air traffic controllers who stopped showing up before missing a paycheck during the government shutdown could face punishment. The Transportation Department has not decided on specific consequences and will investigate attendance data. Duffy expressed concern about the dedication and patriotism of controllers who repeatedly failed to report to work while pay had not yet been missed. He emphasized a priority on recruiting and retaining controllers, and noted that controllers received a partial mid-October paycheck but missed their first full paycheck on October 28 amid the shutdown.
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