Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., urged the Trump administration to give every air traffic controller and Federal Aviation Administration technician a $10,000 bonus, arguing that it is wrong for only workers with perfect attendance during this year’s government shutdown to receive the payment.
Newsmax reported that the administration limited the awards to controllers and technicians who did not use any leave during the shutdown, a policy that applied to about 2.4% of controllers and about 6% of technicians.
Duckworth said that approach created unfair divisions in a workforce already dealing with years of staffing shortages and mounting stress.
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