{"id":12243,"date":"2019-01-22T18:02:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T18:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/01\/22\/aerospace-organizations-call-out-human-and-economic-consequences-of-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:35:32","slug":"aerospace-organizations-call-out-human-and-economic-consequences-of-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2019\/01\/22\/aerospace-organizations-call-out-human-and-economic-consequences-of-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerospace organizations call out \u2018human and economic consequences\u2019 of shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 As economic anxiety over U.S. government shutdown mounts, more than 30 organizations across the nation\u2019s aviation and space transportation sectors are urging an end to the monthlong government shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a newly released letter<\/a>, the organizations write President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., highlighting burden on unpaid federal workers and the U.S. economy and warning of increasing \u201cthe human and economic consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the organizations, the Aerospace Industries Association, represents 340 major aerospace and defense companies and their suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe write to urge you to act now to prevent the negative impacts currently being experienced by the U.S. aviation and space transportation industries that supports the traveling and shipping public and all the users of satellites and spacecraft,\u201d the authors write. \u201cAs the partial government shutdown continues, the human and economic consequences are increasing and doing greater harm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t