The Federal Aviation Administration says only 776 of the more than 10,000 air traffic controllers who had to work without pay during the shutdown will receive bonuses
  • Zier@fedia.io
    2·
    3 hours ago

    I am not aware that it is legal to give government employees “bonuses”.

  • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    51·
    14 hours ago

    My brother is an ATC and got his first paycheck today. They left off his overtime pay, a holiday, at least 1 Sunday, and God knows what else. Also they charged him almost a week’s worth of leave which by law can’t exist in a shutdown.

    They completely shit the bed on this.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 hours ago

      Well of course course. With the shutdown, the people that fix mistakes like that weren’t working. All as designed.

  • EndOfLine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    16 hours ago

    Some of them got side jobs, but others simply couldn’t afford the child care or gas they needed to work.

    So his plan is to penalize the poor and reward the more financially affluent? Sounds on brand for him.