THEIR ORGANIZATION EFFORTS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS HANDING OUT LEAFLETS AT LOGAN AIRPORT THIS MORNING, AS TODAY MARKS THE FIRST PAYCHECK SINCE THE START OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. SAFETY IS NONPARTIZAN. WE’RE JUST INTERESTED IN THE GOVERNMENT BEING FUNDED. GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN, CLOSING WORKERS GETTING PAID, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION SAY THEY’RE TRYING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPACT THE SHUTDOWN IS HAVING ON THEIR INDUSTRY. WE HAVE A WORKFORCE THAT’S A LOT OF THEM ARE WORKING SIX DAY WORK WEEKS, TEN HOUR DAYS, RIGHT. SO THEY’RE ALREADY FATIGUED. THEY’RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, TAKING ON THAT WORKLOAD EVERY DAY. YOU TALK ABOUT BEING IN A JOB WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE 100% RIGHT 100% OF THE TIME. today, ON leading OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS, YOU’RE PUTTING ON THE STRESS OF NOT GETTING A PAYCHECK TODAY, NOT KNOWING WHEN THE NEXT PAYCHECK IS COMING. THE LEAFLETING ISN’T JUST HAPPENING HERE AT LOGAN, BUT AT 16 OTHER AIRPORTS, INCLUDING SOME OF THE BUSIEST IN THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING ELENA HARTSFIELD, LAGUARDIA AND CHICAGO O’HARE. AND AT A TIME WHERE EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE POLITICAL, THESE WORKERS WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT SAFE SKIES ARE A BIPARTISAN ISSUE. I WOULD LOVE FOR THE PUBLIC TO REACH OUT TO THEIR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND JUST SAY, HEY, LOOK, YOU NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION. AND THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN. AND A REMINDER, IT’S NOT JUST AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WORKING WITHOUT A PAYCHECK. IT’S ALSO TSA AGENTS REPORTING
‘Safety is nonpartisan’: Boston air traffic controllers working without paycheck as government shutdown lingers
Updated: 12:16 PM EDT Oct 28, 2025
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Air traffic controllers handed out leaflets at Boston’s Logan International Airport on Tuesday to mark the first zero paycheck since the start of the government shutdown.”Safety is nonpartisan. We’re just interested in the government being funded. Government shutdown, closing workers getting paid,” National Air Traffic Controllers Association New England Regional Vice President Kevin Curtiss said. Members of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association said they’re trying to educate the public about the impacts the shutdown is having on their industry. “You have a workforce that a lot of them are working six-day workweeks, 10-hour days, right? So they’re already fatigued. They’re already, you know, taking on that workload. Every day you talk about being in a job where you have to be 100% right and 100% of the time. today, on leading of all of those things, you’re putting on the stress of not getting a paycheck today, not knowing when the next paycheck is coming,” Curtiss said. The leafleting is happened at 16 other airports, including some of the busiest in the country — Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, LaGuardia and Chicago O’Hare International.At a time when everything seems to be political, the workers said they want to make it clear that safe skies is a bipartisan issue.”I would love for the public to reach out to their members of Congress and just say, ‘Hey, look, you need to find a solution. End the government shutdown,'” Curtiss said.Transportation Security Administration employees are also working without a paycheck.
Air traffic controllers handed out leaflets at Boston’s Logan International Airport on Tuesday to mark the first zero paycheck since the start of the government shutdown.
“Safety is nonpartisan. We’re just interested in the government being funded. Government shutdown, closing workers getting paid,” National Air Traffic Controllers Association New England Regional Vice President Kevin Curtiss said.
Members of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association said they’re trying to educate the public about the impacts the shutdown is having on their industry.
“You have a workforce that a lot of them are working six-day workweeks, 10-hour days, right? So they’re already fatigued. They’re already, you know, taking on that workload. Every day you talk about being in a job where you have to be 100% right and 100% of the time. today, on leading of all of those things, you’re putting on the stress of not getting a paycheck today, not knowing when the next paycheck is coming,” Curtiss said.
The leafleting is happened at 16 other airports, including some of the busiest in the country — Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, LaGuardia and Chicago O’Hare International.
At a time when everything seems to be political, the workers said they want to make it clear that safe skies is a bipartisan issue.
“I would love for the public to reach out to their members of Congress and just say, ‘Hey, look, you need to find a solution. End the government shutdown,'” Curtiss said.
Transportation Security Administration employees are also working without a paycheck.
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