(NewsNation) — A former air traffic controller and pilot is attempting to help ease the strain his old colleagues are facing amid the government shutdown.
They have been working without pay since mid-October, when the shutdown began, which led Mack McBurney to step in.
McBurney joined “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” to discuss his “Feed Houston’s Unpaid Air Traffic Controllers” fundraiser, which has raised nearly $9,000 and is closing in on the $11,000 goal…