That’s it. Congress did not argue right up until a midnight Friday deadline, they did not agree on and pass a long- or short-term measure to provide funding for the FAA; instead, they went home. Now, it seems thousands of people who work for or are contracted by the FAA are about to be asked to do the same — but without pay. If nothing changes, Saturday we’ll begin to draw the lines between critical and non-critical FAA employees. Critical workers (i.e. air traffic controllers) will remain on the job, funded by an aviation trust fund. Workers deemed non-critical will be identified by their layoff notices. The latest funding measure was the 20th of its kind enacted in lieu of a long-term budget, because Congress has refused to agree on one of those, either.

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