Canadian air traffic controllers send pizzas to U.S. counterparts working without pay

[Julian Englis]

Why do we get the evil Canadians like Gavin McInnes and Ted Cruz?
Canadian air traffic controllers send pizzas to U.S. counterparts working without pay

Air traffic controllers from Atlantic Canada directed a fleet of special arrivals into the New York Air Traffic Control Centre on Friday night, as a gesture of solidarity and respect.

And each was covered in a layer of gooey melted cheese.

The Canadian Air Traffic Controller Association units in Gander, N.L., and Moncton, N.B., ordered pizzas for all of their colleagues at the control centre on Long Island, who have been working without pay since the partial U.S. government shutdown began on Dec. 22.

U.S. President Donald Trump wants $5.7 billion to build a border wall with Mexico, and says he won't put through a bill to cover the cost of operating parts of the government until he gets it. The Democrats have put forward a funding bill, but don't support the wall.

"It's been so overwhelmingly negative and it's nice to see that there's solidarity out there. There's people out there who are just saying, 'Hey, I work with you as a friend or a colleague and here's a nice gesture of friendship, that we care,'" said David Lombardo, a former air traffic controller who lives in Long Island and runs a social media site for people in the industry.

[Amaryllis]

1. Gander is the town where all those American passenger planes landed on 9/11 when they couldn't

land in the US and the good people of Gander took them all in. There is a movie and book about it: THe Day the World Came to TOwn, and now the new musical Come from Away. THey formed life-long friendships. I saw a documentary about it on TV several years ago. So the people of Gander, especially the air traffic controllers and pilots, have a special relationship with their American counterparts.