You've also heard that the President announced that we should reward those great air traffic controllers who didn't miss a beat. They never missed a day. And so Administrator Bedford and I announced last week that We are giving $10,000 bonuses to the air traffic controllers who didn't miss a day. And the technicians. You don't report on the technicians a lot, but the technicians are the ones that come into our facilities and make sure that some of our very old equipment is actually oper. (03:50–04:05)
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Asserts that air traffic controllers who worked during the shutdown will receive $10,000 bonuses.
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