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Our Essential Aviation Workforce is Too Important to Be Used As Political Leverage

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The strain of another government-funding disruption has pushed the safety and reliability of the National Airspace System (NAS) to the breaking point. This should never happen again.

Help us to deliver our call to Congress to guarantee pay for the essential aviation workers that keep air travel safe for the millions of Americans who fly every day.

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A4A President and CEO Chris Sununu Testified to Congress on Nov. 19

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“How do you go into a high school and encourage someone who’s about to graduate to get excited about aviation, get excited about the industry, when the headline every single day is you don’t get paid?

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We [must] make sure that this just cannot happen again, because otherwise, the uncertainty added to the system could be really detrimental for years to come.”

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The Longest Government Shudown Had a Major Impact on Aviation and the Traveling Public

Support For Guaranteeing Pay For Our Aviation Workers

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