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This incident unveiled just how understaffed air traffic control has been, and the FAA is still short about 3,000 controllers.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Betsy Brantner Smith told Fox News Digital that law enforcement officers view the funding as unnecessary when their agencies are already understaffed, using Chicago as one example.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Down a hero, the first shift is another mess, with too many crises to handle for understaffed Z-Team.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
The air traffic control industry is understaffed, and current controllers had already been working six-day weeks, 10-hour shifts, before the shutdown.
—Tom Costello, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Betsy Brantner Smith told Fox News Digital that law enforcement officers view the funding as unnecessary when their agencies are already understaffed, using Chicago as one example.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Down a hero, the first shift is another mess, with too many crises to handle for understaffed Z-Team.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
The air traffic control industry is understaffed, and current controllers had already been working six-day weeks, 10-hour shifts, before the shutdown.
—Tom Costello, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Understaffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/understaffed. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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