The United States Air Safety It can be seen compromised from domingo as a result of partial government closure. This has been assured by the Donald Trump’s Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, that in controversial statements this Monday has suggested that aerial drivers can reach their transcendental works more stressed or tired After Sunday, when the government will stayIn money to guarantee your salaries.
Los More than 13,000 controllerThe US Air S are part of the critical infrastructure staff that is considered indispensable and that, during a closure such as the one that began in the US, they must continue working, although they are deferred to collect their salary until Congress achieves an agreement to finance the administration’s operations.
In a press conference at Newark airport (New Jersey), Duffy has said that initially the government has found a way to pay the salaries of the controllers until Sunday, day 12, but then it is when you think there may be problems.
“They will be Thinking about how to pay the invoices while they are controlling the airspace and I don’t like that, “Duffy said.” We want them to leave their personal problems at the door when to enter a tower or facilities. “
The Secretary of Transportation has also assured that some controllers have told him that they will have to take jobs “as Uber drivers” To win “the Extra money to pay bills“And he warned that they will arrive at the” tired, exhausted “control towers.
Duffy has said that a “Light ascent” in the number of aerial drivers who are calling work and declaring them sick. Although it has not facilitated specific numbers, the holder of Transport has said that if that phenomenon continues to increase there may be delays.
At the beginning of 2019 The high number of aerial controllers who called being declared sick and the problems that their absences raised to air traffic in the US were one of the factors that helped end the partial closure of government then, which began in December 2018 and lasted 35 days. In some airports Flights were limited and in others there were considerable delays and cancellations.
Those problems were considered by the White House, also ruled by Trump, as a catalyst to seek an agreement that allowed the government to “open”.
In his press conference Duffy has also said that on Sunday the funds will end for a program that gives subsidies that guarantee air service to small communities.
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