FAA announces flight cuts due to shutdown #shorts

According to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, flight capacity will be reduced by 10% at 40 major airports across the country by next week, unless the government reopens.

Airlines are now scrambling to reconfigure schedules because when you cancel one flight, it affects crews, connecting flights and equipment. 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 TSA officers have been working without pay during the shutdown, and FAA officials say that 20% to 40% of air traffic controllers are failing to show up for work at the nation’s 30 largest airports.

Airlines and industry groups are warning about safety risks the cuts pose.

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