Well more than 10,000 flights have been delayed by the Gnome/DonOLD assault on the TSA. Now, Friendly Fire Barbie is politically weaponizing TSA screening:
... Duffy praised the 90% to 95% of controllers who are showing up daily despite not getting paid.
“It’s a small fraction of people who don’t come to work that can create this massive disruption, and that’s what you’re seeing rippling through our skies today,” Duffy added.
5-10% is not "a small fraction" to me when it comes to ATC.
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association did not immediately comment on Duffy’s remarks but has repeatedly urged controllers to keep working during the nine-day-old government shutdown. The union told workers that “participating in a job action could result in removal from federal service” and is illegal.
Can't really protest firings, but it will hurt ATC in the long run.
The U.S. has faced an air traffic controller staffing shortage for more than a decade and many have been working mandatory overtime and six-day weeks even before the shutdown. The FAA is about 3,500 air traffic controllers short of targeted staffing levels.
There have been more than 15,000 flight delays since Monday, with thousands tied to the FAA slowing flights because of air traffic controller absences.
“Historically, there’s about 5% of delays that is attributed to staffing issues in our towers. Last couple days it has been 53%,” Duffy said on Wednesday.
... Some 13,000 air traffic controllers and about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers must still turn up for work during the government shutdown, but they are not being paid.
Thanks, MAGA.
Lament the murder, not the murdered.
1312. ETTD. 86 47.
Fascism is here.
Ooh, Sharpie them!
5-10% is not "a small fraction" to me when it comes to ATC.
