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FAA Plans to Cut Flights 10% at 40 Major Airports Amid Ongoing Government Shutdown

FAA Plans to Cut Flights 10% at 40 Major Airports Amid Ongoing Government Shutdown

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The Federal Aviation Administration is planning to cut air traffic by ten percent at 40 major airports if the federal shutdown persists. This reduction aims to alleviate the strain on air traffic control staff, who have been working without pay and who are experiencing shortages of up to 3,000 personnel.

Sean Duffy
US Department of Transportation
1. We do not want to see disruptions at the FAA or here at the DOT, but our number one priority is to make sure when you travel, you travel safely.
2. We are going to proactively make decisions that keep the airspace safe.
3. Because of that, we have seen staffing pressures throughout our airspace. Those who travel will see that we've had more delays. We've had more cancelations.
4. We have asked (air traffic controllers) to show up for work, but I'm not naive to understand that they're trying to figure out how they meet their daily obligations.
Bryan Bedford
US Federal Aviation Authority
1. We're not going to wait for a safety problem to truly manifest itself when the early indicators are telling us we can take action today to prevent things from deteriorating.
2. The system is extremely safe today and will be extremely safe tomorrow. If the pressures continue to build even after we take these measures, we'll come back and take additional measures.
3. We are seeing pressures build in a way that if we allow it to go unchecked, will not allow us to tell the public that we operate the safest airline system in the world. And we are not going to react to that. We intend to be proactive.
4. We're in new territory in terms of government shutdowns.
5. I'm not aware in my 35-year history in the aviation market where we've had a situation where we're taking these kinds of measures.
6. We're going to ask the airlines to work with us collaboratively to reduce their schedules.
7. As we start to implement this draw down in service, it will be restricted to these 40 high volume traffic markets.
Henry Harteveldt
Atmosphere Research Group
1. To tell airlines you've got 48 hours to rebuild your schedules at 90% of what you've got isn't much time, and it's going to result in a lot of chaos.

FAA Plans to Cut Flights 10% at 40 Major Airports Amid Ongoing Government Shutdown

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