Flight cancellations and delays are set to increase as airline passengers flock to major airports throughout the week.
If the shutdown continues, the FAA has ordered airlines to cut 6% of flights on Tuesday – and will do the same by 10% on 14 November. Secretary Secretary, Sean Duffy, has Warned That flight reduction could reach 20% if the shutdown continues, and on Sunday he predicted a “many people in the US will not be able to solve their families if their families are not solved if the shutdown is not solved.
“You’re going to see air travel go down,” Duffy said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union. “We have a number of people who want to go home for the holidays. They want to see their family… Look, most of them can’t fly if this thing doesn’t open.”
The FAA’s requirement for airlines to cut 4% of daily flights to 40 “high traffic” airports in the US and represents an attempt to ease the pressure on air traffic. Like other federal employees, the holdouts have not been paid in the weeks between the government shutdown, which has become the longest in history and has reached its 40th day.
“We are seeing signs of stress in the system, so we are actively reducing the number of flights to ensure that the American people continue to fly safely,” FAA BEDFORD, said earlier last week. He too As That’s between 20% to 40% of the controls that didn’t show up for work in the last several days.
The first round of flight cuts led to nearly 800 cancellations on Friday and 1,460 on Saturday. As of 9 a.m. Sunday, more than 1,000 flights across the U.S. have been canceled for the day, according to the flight tracking website Flightaware.
On Sunday, Duffy told CNN that the US is “Short Air Traffic Traffic Controller” and that he is “looking to get air towers and certification, but I’m about 1,000 controllers short”.
Airlines offer full refunds to customers for canceled flights.
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association warns that the shutdown is getting worse the staff shortage and It said many controllers “are working 10-hour days and six-day workweeks because of ongoing staff shortages, all without pay.
“This situation creates a lot of confusion for individuals who are already engaged in extremely difficult work,” they said. “The financial and mental strain increases the risks within the National Airspace System, which is less safe with each passing day of the shutdown.”
On Saturday, the Union is said to have taken 1,600 handwritten letters from members to Congress calling for the shutdown to end.
As the shutdowns close in, Democratic and Republican lawmakers continue to blame each other for the impasse — and for the flight disruptions.
On Friday, the White House blamed The Democrats for the cancellation and delay, said that they “inflict disaster on their Americans who want to make medical suspensions”.
On Saturday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, RESPONDENT the Republicans in “Playing Games” and As That “instead of negotiating with the Democrats, the Republicans want the air traffic controllers not to be paid, let alone serve as commuters.”
For passengers, uncertainty remains as to where flights will be canceled, and analysts warn that the blockage may increase and spread to air travel as the week progresses.
The moderator of NBC’s met with the press, Kristen Weler, asked the democratic leader of the Minority of the US, Hakeem Jeffries, if the shutdown ends before Thanksgiving. “I hope so,” Jeffries said.
Asked the same question by Welker, Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma said “it absolutely should – it should be open now if we can open it”.
Car companies reported a sharp increase in one-way reservations on Friday, and some people simply canceled flights altogether.
Some of the analysts point out that there is potential for higher prices in stores, when almost half of the Air Air Freight is sent in the bellies of the passenger plane. There is also the possibility of higher shipping costs passed on to consumers, and further losses, from manufacturing tourism, which will continue to slow.