Controllers remain working, but many FAA functions to be suspended

More than 15,500 FAA employees—about a third of the agency’s staff—are facing immediate furloughs owing to the partial shutdown of the US government that started Tuesday. Air traffic controllers, deemed “essential” personnel, will remain on the job, so commercial air traffic is not expected to be...

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