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Ground stop at JFK due to staffing

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202 points akersten | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 01:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.532s | source
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whatever1 ◴[31 Oct 25 03:31 UTC] No.45768095[source]▶
Why can't the airlines pay the air traffic controllers? They pay anyway for airport fees, it should be a minimal difference in the ticket cost.
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moelf ◴[31 Oct 25 03:37 UTC] No.45768143[source]▶
IIUC they legally can't do that. ATC are federal employees, you can't just have private companies pay off federal workers. (Well, I know Trump's friend is literally doing that for the military so idk, maybe laws are just words these days)
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hshdhdhehd ◴[31 Oct 25 03:44 UTC] No.45768189[source]▶
Why hire private? Why not fund the existing federal ones?
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1. trenchpilgrim ◴[31 Oct 25 04:03 UTC] No.45768304[source]▶
In previous shutdowns, Congress passed temporary funding bills to keep paying certain functions such as ATC for a few weeks while negotiating the budget.

This time, negotiations seem to have entirely stalled.