B.C. air traffic controllers send pizza to U.S. colleagues hit by shutdown
Canadian air traffic controllers are buying pizzas for their American counterparts as a show of support during the U.S. government's partial shutdown.
(citynews1130.com)
Hundreds of air traffic controllers across B.C. and across Canada are contributing to a kind – and tasty – gesture to their US counterparts who aren’t getting paid during the partial government shutdown.
Canadian controllers coast to coast have been rallying together to send surprise pizza deliveries to more than 50 control towers stateside in the past few days.
Canadian Air Traffic Control Association president Peter Duffey says tower staff at YVR, Victoria, Kelowna and several other airports have played their part. He says it’s rare to find a feel-good story in a government shutdown, so to put the smiles on a few faces has been heartwarming.
