The 60,000 men and women responsible for keeping American skies safe have gone unpaid throughout the government shutdown.
Without a funding agreement soon, many will be forced to dip into savings, rack up credit card debt, or take on part-time jobs to make ends meet, several federal employees said. The shutdown is now 3 weeks old, and rapidly approaching the time when the tens of thousands of government employees who keep security lines moving and air traffic safe will miss a full paycheck.
Those workers last received paychecks in mid-October, and those checks were missing up to two days' worth of pay.
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