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Fortune
Sasha Rogelberg

After offering buyouts to air traffic controllers, Trump’s administration says they’re exempt from ‘early retirement’ following deadly plane crashes

Donald Trump shakes hands with Sean Duffy (left) (Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
  • Air traffic controllers are exempt from a buyout offer President Trump’s administration introduced last week to nearly 2 million federal workers, including controllers. The clarification follows two deadly plane crashes, which renewed fears of the impact of air traffic controller shortages on aviation safety.

President Donald Trump’s administration is exempting air traffic controllers from government buyouts that were offered to millions of federal employees as a financial incentive to quit.

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