FAA to Recall Thousands of Furloughed Inspectors to Break Logjams
- Thousands of aviation workers declared essential in shutdown
- Action should help break backlog of delayed airline approvals
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Aviation regulators plan to recall thousands of inspectors furloughed by the partial government shutdown so they can resume performing air-safety checks and routine activities including clearing planes for airlines to add to their fleets.
The Department of Transportation issued a revised shutdown plan Monday saying it will bring more than 3,100 aviation-safety specialists back onto the job as of Jan. 18, up from 216 at the start of the shutdown that began Dec. 22.