Air Traffic Controllers to Work Without Pay in DOT Shutdown Plan

The US Transportation Department plans to insulate air traffic control services and training for new employees from a government shutdown, keeping vital aviation functions running even as the impasse over spending threatens to paralyze many other federal operations.

Congress has until the end of Tuesday to come together on a plan to keep the government open. President Donald Trump has threatened mass firings of federal workers if Democrats and Republicans can’t reach a resolution by then.

Aviation groups have raised concerns over the strains a US funding lapse would have on the nation’s critical travel infrastructure, with one organization warning ...