While some celebrated legislation approved Friday to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, others preferred to highlight the selflessness of airport inspectors who stayed busy ensuring the public’s safety without a paycheck for the past two weeks.

Among the 4,000 government workers whose jobs were affected, 40 airport safety inspectors who check airport lighting, runway markings and other features that are part of federal safety guidelines were asked to work without pay and cover their own travel expenses during the shutdown, the New York Times reported.

Most Twitter activity regarding Friday’s news involved relief, frustration or politicking, but Samantha Brown saw fit to offer gratitude:

“thank-you 2 the 40 FAA safety inspectors who worked without pay out of a sense of duty and Safety 4 the flying public.”

Steven A. Oetzell, the chief inspector for the aviation agency’s Western-Pacific region, told the Times earlier this week how proud he was of his employees’ commitment.

“The bottom line is safety,” he said. “What I’ve been most proud of is the fact that none of our inspectors has called in sick, none of our inspectors has threatened to not come into work, and one of our inspectors even canceled his personal vacation.”

And, finally, Michael Bishop added this to the FAA Twitter feed:

“For all we complain about govt workers. #FAA inspectors that r paying for their own travel & working for free bc of congress should b tked.”