Several pilot unions and associations have issued statements calling for the passage of a clean continuing resolution (CR) in order to reopen the government and end the ongoing shutdown.

Unions such as the Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA), the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots, the Allied Pilots Association (APA), and the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA), have issued statements calling upon lawmakers to support a clean CR, which Democrats have continued to oppose, according to USA Today .

The statements from the unions come as roughly 13,000 air traffic controllers are currently working without being paid during the ongoing shutdown.

“We have seen the stress and tension this year on the National Airspace System due to short-staffed air traffic

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