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Spain's Air Traffic Controllers Go On Strike; Pay Isn't The Big Complaint

Two Spanish Iberia airplanes stand on the tarmac at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport in Madrid on Monday. Spanish air traffic controllers started a four-day partial strike that could affect some 5,300 flights. J.J. Guillen/EPA /LANDOV hide caption

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Spain's Air Traffic Controllers Go On Strike; Pay Isn't The Big Complaint

June 8, 2015 • At issue: punishments for an earlier strike. NPR's Lauren Frayer says of Spain's controllers, "They're among the best-paid civil servants, with average salaries almost half a million dollars a year."

Fire Grounds Hundreds Of Flights At Chicago Airports

A screen shot provided by FlightAware shows airline traffic at 10:20 a.m. EDT Friday over the United States. A fire at a Chicago-area air traffic control facility grounded hundreds of flights. AP hide caption

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Fire Grounds Hundreds Of Flights At Chicago Airports

September 26, 2014 • The fire in the basement of the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora, Ill., caused numerous flight cancellations at O'Hare and Midway.

The Two-Way

Senate Votes To End Furloughs For Air Traffic Controllers

April 25, 2013 • The furloughs have been blamed for widespread delays at the nation's airports. The vote late Thursday was unanimous. The House could vote on the measure Friday.

As Tornadoes Closed In, Air Traffic Controllers Stayed At Their Stations

April 28: Norma Carpenter, 71, stands in the wreckage of her living room in Catoosa County, Ga. A tornado swept through the day before. Billy Weeks/AP hide caption

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April 21, 2011 • People can adapt to overnight work, but it is very hard to do. On their days off, people who work nights tend to switch back to the daytime schedules their friends and families keep. The switching dogs them when it is time to go back to work.

Blog Of The Nation

April 18th Show

April 18, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, changes for air traffic controllers, and the opinion page looks at resolving the conflict in Libya. In the second hour, Henry Louis Gates talks about his documentary, Black in Latin America, and Ruy Teixeira on the growing Hispanic population in the U.S.