Trump Hands $10K 'Perfect Attendance' Award While Screaming At No-Shows

KEY POINTS

•About 7% or 776 of roughly 11,000 air traffic controllers received a $10,000 bonus for perfect attendance during the 44-day shutdown.
•Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy praised those rewarded as 'patriotic' for working without pay during the government shutdown.
•Thousands of other controllers who worked without pay were excluded from the bonus, prompting union concern.
•The FAA cut thousands of flights at 40 airports due to controller shortages, and Trump publicly criticized no-shows on Truth Social.

During the longest-ever 44-day government shutdown that turned air traffic controllers into unpaid sky superheroes, only 776 out of roughly 11,000 controllers got President Trump's $10,000 "perfect attendance" bonus — basically TSA for the skies' employee of the month prize. Meanwhile, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called them "patriotic men and women" who "never missed a beat," as if praising those who actually showed up to unpaid overtime like they just won the Nobel Prize in loyalty. Meanwhile, thousands who worked sans pay and clocked in consistently got left off this VIP bonus list while Trump rage-tweeted on Truth Social: 'I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU.' FAA cut thousands of flights amid the chaos, all while the union begged for fairness but FAA ghosted Axios. Bonus checks will land by Dec. 9 — just in time for controllers to book therapy or new side jobs.

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Congrats to the 7% of air traffic controllers who got paid $10K for 'perfect attendance' during the shutdown—because apparently unpaid work doesn’t count unless Trump tweets about it.

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