Air traffic controllers, whose ranks are already at a 30-year low, are feeling the strain of the government shutdown

rypson/iStock(NEW YORK) — A few days ago, several bulbs went out in a lighting system at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina. The lights were part of an instrument landing system for inbound aircraft, some of the criteria pilots use to guide planes onto a runway, especially during bad weather, an airport facility …

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