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FAA Delays Flights to LaGuardia Because of Air Traffic Control Staff Shortage
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One day after the three major air travel unions—the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, the Air Line Pilots Association, and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA—released a statement calling for the end of the government shutdown and warning of a staffing shortage, the Federal Aviation Administration has started delaying flights into New York-LaGuardia Airport because of a shortage of air traffic control workers, reports CNBC.
An aviation insider says the slowdown is also affecting flights into Philadelphia and Newark, as the three airports share a regional FAA air traffic control office.
As we previously reported, at this point, many TSA agents, air traffic control officers, and FAA safety inspectors have been working for more than a month without pay, something the unions are actively working to change by putting pressure on politicians and ramping up the general public's concern about air travel.
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Something tells me that this shutdown is a big a** mistake.
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