WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — The Rhode Island Pilots Association is stepping up to help local air traffic controllers as the government shutdown stretches on.
They’re raising money to buy 20-dollar gift cards to present in bulk to roughly 39 air traffic controllers and their families.
Those controllers have been working now without pay for more than a month.
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Sal Corio, president of the association, says some of those workers have been forced to take on second jobs to support their families…