A Senate aviation panel will meet next week to examine how the recent 43-day government shutdown affected the national airspace system. The hearing, scheduled for Nov. 19, will take place before the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation.

National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) President Nick Daniels, Airlines for America (A4A) President and CEO Chris Sununu and General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) President Jim Viola are slated to testify.

Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), who chairs the subcommittee, said the shutdown “has severely impacted our already fragile aviation industry” and noted that “recovering from its effects will take time.”

He referenced recent strain across the system, including reduced air traffic levels at major

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