Sean Duffy
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I've also offered air traffic controllers who are of the age of retirement a 20% upfront cash bonus to actually stay on.
Some of the best controllers we have don't retire, keep working for us.
I've also offered air traffic controllers who are of the age of retirement a 20 percent upfront cash bonus to actually stay on.
Some of the best controllers we have don't retire, keep working for us.
No paycheck is coming on Tuesday.
And so I've been out talking to our air traffic controllers and you can see the stress.
What I see coming forward as we get to Monday, tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday, that you're going to see more staffing shortages and towers, which means you're going to see more delays, more cancellations.
No paycheck is coming on Tuesday.
And so I've been out talking to our air traffic controllers and you can see the stress.
What I see coming forward as we get to Monday, tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday, that you're going to see more staffing shortages and towers, which means you're going to see more delays, more cancellations.
There is not an existing pot of money that could cover the air traffic controllers' salaries right now, and so that is why we have to get the government reopened.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says California is the only state
that, quote, refuses to ensure big rig drivers can read our road signs and communicate with law enforcement.
The Department of Transportation had earlier warned California, Washington State, and New Mexico that they could lose federal funds unless they enforce English proficiency requirements for commercial truck drivers.
The warning came after a deadly crash in Florida this summer involving an Indian-born truck driver who made an illegal U-turn.
California officials say the state does enforce federal language proficiency requirements and that its commercial driver's license holders have a fatal crash rate nearly 40 percent lower than the national average for truckers.
Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announcing new rules effective immediately that restrict who is eligible for non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses.
Foreign drivers behind the wheel of big trucks in the U.S.