SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Every government employee is impacted during the nation's first federal government shutdown in nearly seven years.

From airports as large as San Diego International, to smaller airports such as Palomar in Carlsbad, every air traffic controller is expected to go to work during the shutdown, but they aren't getting a paycheck.

The Department of Transportation is expected to furlough more than 11,000 FAA employees, but travel is not stopping. TSA Agents and air traffic controllers are considered essential, but the support staff, HR and many other departments aren't considered essential, and are not allowed to work in the meantime.

“The air traffic controllers are on duty right now although they are not getting paid, they are going to work, they are controlling the

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