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Union President Plays Down Strike Risk as Air Traffic Controllers Face No Pay

NATCA’s leader joined Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy at LaGuardia for a press conference as air traffic controllers face losing paychecks.
Union President Plays Down Strike Risk as Air Traffic Controllers Face No Pay
Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, speaks during a press conference at LaGuardia Airport in New York City on Oct. 28, 2025. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
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National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) President Nick Daniels said in New York on Tuesday that there’s no danger that air traffic controllers will enter a labor strike across the nation’s airports.

“There will be no concerted effort for air traffic controllers to in any way have a job action,” Daniels said at a press conference at LaGuardia Airport along with U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. “It is illegal for us to do such a thing.”

Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
Juliette Fairley is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times and NTD and a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Born in Chateauroux, France, and raised outside of Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Juliette is a well-adjusted military brat. She has written for many publications across the country. Send Juliette story ideas at [email protected]