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Maryam Khanum

Federal Employees Encouraged to Take 'Dream' Vacation in Exchange for Accepting 'Deferred Resignation' in Leaked Email

A political science professor posted a tweet predicting how understaffing at the FAA could unfold hours before a deadly crash near Reagan International Airport on Wednesday night. (Credit: Getty Images; @schaller67 via X)

About a day before one of the worst aviation disasters in American history, employees of the Federal Aviation Administration received an email from the government in which they were once again asked to resign.

The Office of Personnel Management sent a mass email to federal employees in which FAA workers were encouraged to resign from their positions and look for opportunities outside of government offices. Employees asked to resign included air traffic controllers.

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