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Air traffic controllers helped end the last government shutdown, and may again

An air traffic control tower is seen Wednesday following the government shutdown at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas. The U.S. government has shut down after Congress failed to pass short-term funding. Nearly seven years ago, air traffic controllers may have helped play ending the last government shutdown.

A shortage of air traffic controllers may have played a role in ending the last government shutdown in 2019. U.S airlines are once again bracing for possible delays in commercial aviation.

(Image credit: Brandon Bell)