What Fliers Need to Know About Air Traffic Control Amid the Government Shutdown | Condé Nast Traveler
"I've learned that the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City, which trains the majority of the country's air traffic controllers, faces an imminent shutdown by the end of the month if funding isn't resumed; that shutdown would halt hiring and training, furlough critical administrative staff at field training facilities across the U.S., and put the long, multi-year process of recouping qualified controller staffing months further behind." - Jessica Puckett