The Trump administration is considering how it can pay air traffic controllers as the government shutdown continues, five sources told Politico.
Paying air traffic controllers would cost more than $500 million a month, a congressional aide said, and concern is rising that a mass sickout among unpaid air traffic controllers could cripple flights across the country.
Air traffic controllers received partial paychecks last Tuesday, their last paychecks until the shutdown ends.
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