{"id":39089,"date":"2023-11-13T11:45:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T16:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/?p=39089"},"modified":"2023-11-13T11:51:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T16:51:52","slug":"a-government-shutdown-would-threaten-air-travel-and-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/a-government-shutdown-would-threaten-air-travel-and-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"A government shutdown would threaten air travel and safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the holiday season begins, the government is at risk of shutting its doors unless Congress passes necessary spending measures or another continuing resolution by Nov. 17.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As excepted employees\u2014those who perform jobs that affect our national health, safety, emergency response and other critical functions\u2014air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration officers would have to work without pay if the government shuts down.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As seen during previous shutdowns, this would disrupt the safety of the nation\u2019s airspace and cause major delays for travelers during one of the busiest travel periods of the year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-air-travel-during-the-2018-19-shutdown\"><strong>Air travel during the 2018-19 shutdown<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the five-week partial government shutdown in 2018-2019, significant numbers of TSA agents routinely<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/04\/politics\/shutdown-tsa-screening\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/04\/politics\/shutdown-tsa-screening\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called out<\/a>\u202fof work. Sick days spiked almost immediately after the shutdown began and steadily increased over its 35-day duration. At one point, the national rate for unscheduled absences for TSA agents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/news\/press\/releases\/2019\/01\/21\/tsa-statement-checkpoint-operations-january-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reached 10%<\/a>, a steep increase from the previous year\u2019s rate of just over 3%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The callouts led to long lines at airports\u2014with wait times to get through TSA checkpoints lasting more than an hour in some places\u2014and forced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/01\/12\/government-shutdown-tsa-officers-call-in-sick-miami-closes-terminal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Miami and Houston airports to temporarily close terminals<\/a>. The additional absences of TSA workers also led to increased<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/09\/us\/air-travel-shutdown-safety-trnd\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/09\/us\/air-travel-shutdown-safety-trnd\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concerns<\/a> about the safety of air travel.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/01\/04\/us\/politics\/tsa-government-shutdown-sick-leave.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to union leaders<\/a>, the TSA \u201csick out\u201d was not a coordinated effort, although some employees were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/government-shutdown-2019-updates-tsa-officers-protest-outside-atlanta-airport-1287289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protesting the lack of government funding<\/a>. Because of financial difficulties, many others missed shifts to work second jobs or because they could not afford child care.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the agency\u2019s siloed personnel system, TSA officers don\u2019t receive routine raises like other federal employees and don\u2019t have the same collective bargaining rights. Their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govexec.com\/workforce\/2023\/07\/tsa-employees-are-finally-earning-similar-wages-most-other-federal-workers\/388897\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pay has lagged<\/a> behind their counterparts elsewhere in government as a result.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The impact on air traffic controllers<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A shutdown would similarly strain air traffic controllers, who already work long hours under the tremendous responsibility of maintaining the reliability and safety of the nation\u2019s aviation network. For the sake of security, they will continue to do so without pay if the government closes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lapse in appropriations this year could disrupt the agency\u2019s hiring and training of new air traffic controllers, as it did in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/air_traffic\/publications\/controller_staffing\/media\/2018-ABA-200-CWP_2019_Report_508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fiscal year 2019.<\/a> The 2018-2019 shutdown also caused some controllers to retire early, adding to what was then a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/air-traffic-controllers-union-sounds-alarm-shutdown-has-caused-tremendous-amount-of-added-stress-2019-01-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30-year low<\/a> of fully certified air traffic controllers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FAA\u2019s shortage of air traffic controllers continues to this day\u2014resulting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govexec.com\/workforce\/2023\/03\/flight-delays-will-spike-summer-due-faa-staffing-shortages-agency-warns\/384364\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flight delays<\/a> that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-01-25\/how-the-government-shutdown-hit-air-traffic-controllers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">further stress<\/a> those forced to work during a shutdown and occur just before the Thanksgiving holiday.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the last shutdown, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/02\/06\/politics\/ten-air-traffic-controllers-shutdown\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">only took 10 air traffic controllers<\/a> calling out sick on the same day to temporarily halt travel at LaGuardia airport in New York City and cause delays at several international airports. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The time to act is now<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It is imperative for our elected leaders to work swiftly to fully fund the government. 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