Donald Trump Claims Government Shutdown Could 'Remove Inefficient Workers'.
Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) staff will continue performing their duties during the federal shutdown.
Ex-President Trump has remarked that a federal shutdown might help to 'clear out underperformers' within the government workforce.
Are Flights Continuing to Operate?
- Air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration workers are classified as 'critical'—so they are expected to keep performing their duties.
- However in the last closure, these workers started more frequently to take sick leave, leading to delays in screening processes at large airports.
- Flight systems might also 'have to slow down, decreasing efficiency'—according to air industry group a major airline association.
Are Federal Workers Receive Their Salaries?
- Approximately 750,000 federal workers will be on furlough daily, based on an projection from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
- The daily expense of their compensation will be approximately $400m (£297 million), the budget office reports.
- Congressional representatives will keep getting paid as it's required by the American Constitution.
Is Mail Being Delivered?
- The US Postal Service would be unaffected because it is not reliant on Congress for financial support.
- Mail facilities will remain operational.
What About Police Services?
- Law enforcement officers will continue to work through the federal closure—although more than two hundred thousand of them will do so unpaid.
- Additionally continuing their work as normal are those in border security, in-hospital medical care, and air-traffic control.
