CLEVELAND — A group of Northeast Ohio air traffic controllers and other aviation safety professionals will be visible in passenger terminals on Tuesday afternoon at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.

The group will be passing out leaflets explaining how the ongoing government shutdown is negatively affecting the national aviation system and the workers who keep it running safely.

The air traffic controllers will be passing out the leaflets from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The protest comes as Tuesday marks the first zero-paycheck day for air traffic controllers, even as they work mandatory six days a week and 10 hours a day.

As necessary federal workers, air traffic controllers come to work even if the federal government has not passed legislation to pay them.

Before the shutdown, the FAA

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