Critical air travel jobs like air traffic control and TSA could be furloughed if the government shuts down.
And it's pain that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says can't come at a worse time for an industry just getting back on its feet.
That includes roughly 73,000 air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration officers.During the shutdown of 2018 and 2019, many TSA agents and air traffic controllers called out sick, causing crippling flight delays and prompting long waits in security screening lines.
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