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The FAA plans to cut flights at 40 major airports starting Friday as controller shortages worsen during the government shutdown. Here’s the same strategy I’m using myself to stay ahead of cancellations — and how you can protect your trip before the chaos begins.
The FAA is ordering a 10% reduction in flights at 40 of the nation’s busiest airports as air traffic controllers continue to skip shifts during the government shutdown. Absences have hit up to 40% at some facilities, forcing nationwide flight reductions that could ripple across the entire system.
At 2,000 feet over Cleveland, a Southwest jet and a medical helicopter crossed paths—while the tower’s calm “Roger” left pilots to save themselves.
A Delta A330 from Paris was seconds from touchdown at Boston Logan when a controller cleared a Cape Air flight to take off on an intersecting runway. The tower ordered a go-around just in time, prompting one Delta pilot to radio: ‘That was close.’
A new government watchdog report out of the Trump administration lays out why air traffic control modernization has failed, but casts down on their own ability to fix it simply through force of spending an additional $30 billion.
Flight delays are spreading across the country as the government shutdown drags on — and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is issuing a warning that echoes 1981: air traffic controllers who don’t show up for work could lose their jobs.
At Los Angeles International, an American Airlines A321 accelerating for takeoff at 160 mph was forced into a full-stop reject when a Boeing 777 freighter crossed the runway without clearance.
Two regional jets lined up for the same Greensboro runway ended up just 300 feet apart, triggering alarms and a desperate breakout maneuver. The close call raises serious questions about why controllers tried to push the airport like it was LaGuardia.
Russia’s rocket firings inside U.S.-controlled Pacific airspace forced transpacific flights, including FedEx and UPS cargo jets, to detour hundreds of miles off course.
Spirit Airlines flight 1300 from Fort Lauderdale to Boston was traveling through New York airspace and beginning descent on Tuesday when it encounterd Air Force One about 8 miles off and became non-responsive to air traffic control. “I’m sure you can see who it is,” the controller warned.
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