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Trump administration will reduce traffic at 40 airports across the US starting Friday if shutdown continues

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Trump administration will reduce traffic at 40 airports across the US starting Friday if shutdown continues | CNN - Lemmy.World

The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce flights at dozens of major airports as early as Friday if no shutdown deal is reached, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced at a news conference Wednesday. Ten percent of air traffic at 40 busy airports would be cut, potentially impacting thousands of flights, though the details of how many and which specific airports will be cut was not announced.

Nov 5 at 11:47pmWeb
Show threadLibertyLizardNov 6
Do it you coward.
Show threadEvilBitNov 6
Bets on whether every one is in a blue state?
Show threadFabledAepitaphNov 6
Would be hilarious because that’s usually where people need to fly, since that’s where all the money is… Lol
Show threadccunningNov 6
Further enshrining this as the Trump shutdown
Show threadassemblyNov 6
They just saw that elections results negatively impacted them due to them pulling crap like not negotiating to reopen the government and yet they double down.
Show threadtornavishNov 6
Is there a list of the airports or is this just a random threat
Show threaddhorkNov 6

Just look at the Electoral map.

State is Blue? No planes for you!

Show threadNuXCOM_90PercentNov 6

Assuming he doesn’t chicken out tomorrow:

It doesn’t matter. This is going to fuck up the entire country… and a lot of the world.

Airlines aren’t going to say “Welp, no flights out of DEN so let’s just leave everyone at whatever airport”. It is going to be madness as EVERY flight out of the directly impacted airports are re-routed to the nearest functioning hub (or what counts as a hub). And those airports are going to be pumping out every plane they possibly can to any other hubs they possibly can.

So expect direct flights from DFW to Florida suddenly getting an extra two or three hops to just try to get anyone anywhere.

Show threadtornavishNov 6
Well that sounds really efficient. Maybe this will convince people to vote despite not liking the options
Show threadCharlesDarwinNov 6
Well, let’s hope so.
Show threadDragonstaffNov 6
Jesus Christ, you people shoehorn your terrible logic into everything. The way you get giddy when terrible things happen is highly related to why your shitty candidate lost.
Show threadtornavishNov 6
Do you have the ability to vote in the US Presidential election?
Show threadEm AdespotonNov 6

The times I’ve been caught in an airport brouhaha, you know what happened? They called out the National Guard.

Maybe that’s the end game here?

Show threadTony BarkNov 6
Lose healthcare if they get their way or death by airplane? I choose shutdown.
Show threadblaveNov 6
“This is what happens when you don’t pay your taxes”
Show threadEm AdespotonNov 6
Other way around here… no taxation without representation. If they’ve shut everything down, they’re not representing their constituents, so there should be no tariffs/taxation until they come to an agreement.
Show threadAtelopus-zetekiNov 6
I wonder how those Airline Companies, you know the one's who make so much money from flying airplanes, in and out of airports, feel about these Anti-Trans...portation measures?
Show threadFreshParsnipNov 6
You will never escape
Show threadBakkodaNov 6
Yeah this is the kind of shit that worries me. Lockdown.
Show threadRhaedasNov 6

Where's the list?

No, not the list of airports affected. The other list. We haven't forgotten, Donald.

Show threadLeatherNov 6
For clarification do you mean the pedo-island list?
Show threadRhaedasNov 6
The one that Trump is on? Yes.
Show threadSerinusNov 6

Well, if they’re cutting flights to reduce the burden on ATC, I’d have to assume they’re cutting private flights first.

It only makes sense.

Show threadDragonstaffNov 6
Private flights can fly into smaller airports with no ATC. How much traffic do they make up at larger airports?
Show threadtoiletobserverNov 6
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Show threadmikenurreNov 6
Bet ya $100 no private jet is grounded.
Show threadThatGuy46475Nov 6
Oh thank god that means sports won’t be impacted.
Show threadMrVilliamNov 6
Essential workers are still expected to show up to work even if it puts them at higher risk. Athletes flying without ATC, grocery store cashiers during covid, and republican Speaker of the House while everybody is pushing to reveal that the pedophile republican president is on the pedophile list that the Speaker is keeping hidden.
Show threadaramis87Nov 6

That reminds me, I need to call my Senators. I have one from each party. I tell the (R) how much the shutdown is hurting me and my entire extended family and tell them I want them to end the shutdown even if it means giving the Democrats everything they want. Then I call the (D) and tell them that I know they're under pressure to end the shutdown but me and my entire extended family have talked it over and we really really need them to stand firm about Medicaid money and access, ACA premiums, food stamps access, etc.

It's a fun game I've been playing every week, and I encourage y'all to join in!

Show threadmadcaesarNov 8
I like the cut of your jib!
Show threadMagicShelNov 6
And of course I have to fly across the country next week for business. Perfect timing. Oh well. This is the pain the country needs to feel—the consequence of supporting Trump. I’m off to have the week someone else voted for.
Show threadHello_thereNov 6
Thanksgiving traffic gonna be fun
Show threadb34kNov 6
No way it’s gonna last till then. We’re far enough in, things are starting to get real, and one side’s gonna cave
Show threadsome_kind_of_guyNov 6
It’s only two more weeks. We’re in day 36
Show threadDrusasNov 6
Three more weeks.
Show threadripcordNov 6
Still
Show threadthe_qNov 6
We really shouldn’t be partaking in travel this holiday season anyway to go along with not buying crap movement.
Show threadHubertManneNov 6
Hilarious. The republicans are going to reduce CO2 emissions to own the libs. Imagine how they would react if dems wanted to pass a bill to limit airline flights to reduce emissions. lol.
Show threadsome_kind_of_guyNov 6
SHUT IT DOWN THEN
Show threadchilldrivenspadeNov 6
making america so great, aren’t ya, rich pricks and their hillbilly legion?
Show threadromamixNov 6
An interesting approach to a crackdown on emissions
Show threadaltphotoNov 8

Not a lot of people realize just how polluting airplanes are. The government basically is about to affect the weather locally this winter.

This winter in the PNW is supposed to be more rainy. Its already showing signs of that. So I wonder if removing a 1/4 of the most polluting vehicles will change things. Although according to the news people are not just gonna stay home. So this could swing from train travel to massive car gridlock.

I’m gonna sit here and watch the rat race.