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Air traffic controllers have managed to keep coronavirus at bay

Air traffic control is never easy work, but now controllers are concerned about coronavirus, working cheek by jowl in sometimes cramped airport control towers.

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Not all federal employees are covered under the new paid parental leave law, at least not yet

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FILE - In this May 17, 2016, file photo, a plane lands at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. Union officials says new, state-of-the-art airport towers due to go into operation this fall in San Francisco and Las Vegas need extensive remodeling so they can accommodate technology dating back more than half a century but still relied on by air traffic controllers. The looming problem was news to the federal official who's in charge of air traffic operations. A meeting Monday will look into the matter. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Air traffic controllers technically don’t have paid parental leave yet

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Air traffic controllers, TSA try to keep airports moving without pay

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Trish Gilbert, Executive Vice President, National Air Traffic Controllers Association

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