About 2,000 Granite Staters were among the roughly 800,000 federal workers who missed a paycheck Friday, according to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s office. That includes the federal employees working at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas was at the airport Friday afternoon as he arrived home from Washington. “It's outrageous what's happening right now,” the Democrat said. “This shutdown never should've happened in the first place.”Pappas met with members of the union that represents TSA workers. “Some of my co-workers are talking about just using their credit cards. Load up their credit cards, or borrow money from friends,” said David Boucher, regional vice president of the union, AFGE Local 2617.Despite the shutdown, business is carrying on as normal at the airport. “Right now, because of (the worker's) selfless dedication, to public safety, we have seen no impact to our customer service here,” said airport director Ted Kitchens.The airport is working on contingency plans in case employees look elsewhere for a job.“Certainly with a state that has record-low unemployment and all the employers fighting for employees right now, there's certainly a concern there on our part,” Kitchens said. “We just hope that Congress and the president work a deal out and end the shutdown so we can pay our bills,” Boucher said.

About 2,000 Granite Staters were among the roughly 800,000 federal workers who missed a paycheck Friday, according to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s office.

That includes the federal employees working at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.

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U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas was at the airport Friday afternoon as he arrived home from Washington.

“It's outrageous what's happening right now,” the Democrat said. “This shutdown never should've happened in the first place.”

Pappas met with members of the union that represents TSA workers.

“Some of my co-workers are talking about just using their credit cards. Load up their credit cards, or borrow money from friends,” said David Boucher, regional vice president of the union, AFGE Local 2617.

Despite the shutdown, business is carrying on as normal at the airport.

“Right now, because of (the worker's) selfless dedication, to public safety, we have seen no impact to our customer service here,” said airport director Ted Kitchens.

The airport is working on contingency plans in case employees look elsewhere for a job.

“Certainly with a state that has record-low unemployment and all the employers fighting for employees right now, there's certainly a concern there on our part,” Kitchens said.

“We just hope that Congress and the president work a deal out and end the shutdown so we can pay our bills,” Boucher said.