{"id":2509434,"date":"2025-11-11T20:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/duffy-vows-penalties-for-air-traffic-controllers-missing-work\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T01:59:55","slug":"duffy-vows-penalties-for-air-traffic-controllers-missing-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/duffy-vows-penalties-for-air-traffic-controllers-missing-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Duffy vows penalties for air traffic controllers missing work"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fduffy-vows-penalties-for-air-traffic-controllers-missing-work%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2509434&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has vowed to impose penalties on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/search-and-rescue-teams-at-site-of-indonesian-plane-crash\/\" title=\"Search and rescue teams at site of Indonesian plane crash\">air traffic controllers<\/a> who have repeatedly failed to show up for work during the government shutdown. While not condemning all absent controllers, Duffy expressed concern about the dedication and patriotism of those who &#8220;systemically&#8221; missed work. He stressed that action would be taken against these individuals after reviewing the data. Duffy also mentioned efforts to recruit more controllers but warned that flight cuts and delays might continue even after the government reopens, as not all controllers may return to work immediately. Sence the start of the shutdown-related FAA cuts, thousands of flights have been delayed or canceled, with potential reductions possibly reaching up to 20% at some airports if the shutdown persists.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Duffy vows penalties for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >air traffic controllers missing work<\/a>, worries about their &lsquo;patriotism&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2397596\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Transportation Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sean-duffy\/\">Sean Duffy<\/a> threatened penalties for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/air-travel\/\">air traffic controllers<\/a> who failed to show up for work for extended periods during the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\">government shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Duffy specified that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-reports-on-alleged-gaza-death-toll-social-media-quickly-fact-checks-outlet\/\" title=\"CNN Reports on Alleged Gaza Death Toll, Social Media Quickly Fact-Checks Outlet\">ire wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t directed at all air traffic controllers who missed work during the shutdown period, but only those who &ldquo;systemically weren&rsquo;t doing their job.&rdquo; He questioned the dedication and patriotism of those who continuously failed to show up for work during the shutdown, pledging to take action against them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3882960\/trump-sports-president-surprise-pat-mcafee-show-appearance\/\">Trump burnishes credentials as the sports president with surprise Pat McAfee appearance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3883203\/zohran-mamdani-will-call-trump-relationship-that-will-be-critical\/\">Mamdani plans to call Trump before taking office: &#8216;A relationship that will be critical&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3882802\/trump-administration-determines-cfpb-funding-mechanism-is-unlawful\/\">Trump administration determines CFPB&#8217;s funding mechanism is unlawful<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m concerned about their dedication. I&rsquo;m concerned about their patriotism. And so we haven&rsquo;t made a decision, but we are going to look at those controllers who continually made the decision not to show up for work, and again, we have to look at the data,&rdquo; Duffy said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would just tell you, I&rsquo;m trying to bring more air traffic controllers in. I&rsquo;m not trying to take air traffic controllers out, but if we have controllers who systemically weren&rsquo;t doing their job, we will take action,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Though the government shutdown seems on the verge of ending, Duffy warned on Tuesday that flight cuts could continue well after the government reopens.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re at the cusp of hopefully having the government reopened. I&rsquo;m concerned that we&rsquo;re not gonna have, on Day One, controllers come back into the towers right away. I&rsquo;m asking them to do that. President Trump has asked them to do that. It is their jobs, and they will be paid, but it might not be immediate that they come back in,&rdquo; Duffy said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3880261\/5000-flights-delayed-canceled-day-2-faa-cuts-duffy\/\">OVER 5,000 FLIGHTS DELAYED OR CANCELED ON SECOND DAY OF FAA CUTS AS DUFFY THREATENS MORE REDUCTIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And so, we&rsquo;re going to watch, analyze, encourage them to come back. But, again, we&rsquo;re going to, we&rsquo;re going to start to alleviate the restrictions that &mdash; we&rsquo;re at 6% now &mdash; we&rsquo;ll alleviate that only when the data says we should,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed since cuts began on Friday. Duffy previously <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3880261\/5000-flights-delayed-canceled-day-2-faa-cuts-duffy\/\">warned<\/a> that flight cuts could go up to 20% at some airports if the shutdown continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duffy warns penalties for absent air traffic controllers, questions patriotism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2509435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25247486451069.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50012,50014,41242,9637,66905],"class_list":["post-2509434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-air-traffic-controllers","tag-aviation-industry","tag-labor-disputes","tag-penalties","tag-work-absenteeism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25247486451069.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509434"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2509438,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509434\/revisions\/2509438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2509435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}