A government shutdown that began Wednesday morning is affecting around 47,000 federal workers in Central Florida, and nearly 95,000 statewide.
That includes staff that work to keep the region’s airspace safe. Air traffic controllers and most TSA agents are considered essential workers meaning they have to stay on the job without pay as the shutdown rolls on.
John Huber, a local president for the American Federation of Government Employees Federal Union representing the TSA workforce, said the federal agents are worried at this time without answers. For agents like him, a shutdown means uncertainty for the essential workforce…