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Newark Liberty International Airport has grounded planes due to staffing shortages due to the current government shutdown Federal Aviation Administration struggling.
The ground delay took effect at 3:30 PM ET on Wednesday and is expected to last until 11 PM ET
Passengers can expect their planes to be delayed an average of 40 minutes.
The air traffic controller shortage during the government shutdown has become a major burden on American travelers and will get worse with the busy Thanksgiving and winter holidays.
Over the weekend, there were Shortage of more than 50 staff At airports across the country, cnn Informed.
More than 7,000 flights into or out of the U.S. were delayed on Monday, more than 4,000 on Tuesday and nearly 3,000 as of Wednesday afternoon, according to the flight tracking site. flight Aware,
Unpaid air traffic controllers are increasingly calling in sick, making it more difficult to staff the towers that are vital to the safety of the millions of Americans who fly in the skies every day.
“My message to the controllers is, ‘Show up, this is your job. Ultimately, you’ll be paid.’ But there are real-life situations that they’re dealing with with their families,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy recently told Fox News sunday morning promise,
This is the 29th day of the government shutdown and the Democrats and Republicans Deadlock remains over bill to fund federal agencies,
Democrats are seeking to reverse Medicaid cuts set in President Donald Trump’s massive spending bill he signed in July, and support a funding bill that expands Affordable Care Act subsidies.
Republicans have made baseless claims that Democrats want to give free health care to undocumented immigrants, despite the group not being eligible for federal health care programs. There are exceptions for emergency care.
The previous government shutdown — which lasted 35 days during Trump’s first term — also saw an influx of air traffic controllers, causing massive flight delays, helping to pressure politicians to reopen the government.