Denver is proposing to pay air traffic controllers during the government shutdown to prevent a reduction in flights at the nation’s third busiest airport.
The city made the proposal, which requires FAA approval, to help airport staff and possibly avoid the 10 percent cut in flight operations ordered by the agency ahead of the busiest travel period of the year, Mayor Mike Johnston said Thursday.
“The Denver Airport is maybe the largest economic driver in the Rocky Mountain West,” Johnston told POLITICO. “It is critical to not just our quality of life, but to our economic health.”…