First off, the FAA should be privatized like it is in Canada and other countries, then it would not be beholden to a non customer. Second shut downs are struct

First off, the FAA should be privatized like it is in Canada and other countries, then it would not be beholden to a non customer. Second shut downs are structured as they are because Congress does not like the check and balances the Constitution tried to establish between branches of government. By making shut downs painful on the public, the employees of the government to include its soldiers, they can force a President to accept whatever budget they come up with. There is no line item veto, Congress would never dare give up that power. So it comes down to putting sufficient pressure on any Administration so they understand who is boss. They simply ran into someone who could call their game and honestly its the best result ever. We worry all the time about Administration overreach in this country with each change in whom is elected but the real overreach has always been the US Congress. The two parties do everything in their power to keep the game to themselves which means making it nigh impossible for anyone but them to change the rules.