Your next flightA federal shutdown could hit flyers in a variety of ways, potentially leading to long security queues, and delays caused by unpaid air traffic controllers choosing to stay home rather than work for free. No work - or pay - for federal workersFederal employees are expected to be hardest hit, as they will not receive any pay cheques while the shutdown continues. Law enforcement officers will continue to work through the government shutdown - though more than 200,000 of them will do so unpaid, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on X. National Parks with no staffFederal lands, including National Parks and National Forests, have been closed off to visitors during past shutdowns, since the rangers and other employees were asked to stay at home. During the last shutdown, the Trump administration made the decision to leave parks open, with few to no federal workers there to staff them.