If you have a controller that's working six days a week, but has to think about, 'How am I going to pay the mortgage, how am I going to make the car payment, how am I going to put food on my kids' table,' they have to make choices.
Sean Duffy: “If you have a controller that's working six days a week, but has to think about, 'How am I going to pay the mortgage…”
On the recordOctober 23, 2025
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Duffy discusses the financial pressures faced by air traffic controllers during the government shutdown.
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