Air traffic controllers and technicians who maintained perfect attendance during the recent 43-day government shutdown will receive a $10,000 bonus from the Federal Aviation Administration.

The announced bonuses, going to 776 employees, will exclude the overwhelming majority of workers who continued to provide air traffic safety services during the longest government shutdown in American history. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association told the Associated Press that the perfect attendance requirement for the bonus makes only 311 of its over 10,000 members eligible.

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