I thought this video would be a great reminder of just how stressful and crazy the daily life of an Air Traffic Controller is after this terrifying report today about Air Traffic Controllers resigning due to the stress of what is now the longest government shutdown in US history:
“We didn’t see that in 2019,” Daniels went on. “We are 400 less controllers today than we were in the 2019 shutdown. And now they’ve been stretched so thin for so long, with so much going on, so much pressure on their backs, that they’re actually resigning from the profession.”
Airlines have cancelled over 700 flights (3% of flights) across 40 airports as of today, with cancellations expected to ramp up to 10% by next Friday.