FAA inspectors, engineers called back to work amid shutdown

Workers held a rally last week at the Capitol demanding an end to the partial government shutdown, The Washington Post reported.

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The federal government has already adjusted the status of workers in both the Internal Revenue Service and the Food and Drug Administration, putting them back to work, but not paid on time, during the shutdown, the Times reported.

The latest FAA plan will put 3,113 aviation safety positions employees qualified as essential. The original furlough had only 216 aviation safety positions filled, according to the Times.

Last week the House passed a bill that will pay workers retroactively after the shutdown ends. The measure passed 411-7, CNBC reported. The Senate approved it unanimously before it went to the president's desk for his signature. He is expected to sign it.