Air traffic controller pay raise stuck at 1% as senators press FAA for full 3.8%

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WASHINGTON — An air traffic controller pay raise authorized by Congress remains only partly paid on Tuesday as Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin of Illinois press FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford to release the unpaid share, after controllers received only the governmentwide 1% increase instead of the full 3.8% Congress funded. CBS News reported that … Read more