Transportation Secretary: Nation’s airspace is still safe during shutdown

The Transportation Secretary says the nation’s airspace is safe despite the government shutdown’s impact on federal aviation workers. The shutdown has forced 13-thousand air traffic controllers and 50-thousand Transportation Security Administration officers to work without pay and snarled tens of thousands of flights. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the administration would close the U-S aviation system if he thought the shutdown was making it too unsafe to travel. He told CNBC there are “significant delays” but it hasn’t reached the point where it’s too risky to fly.