MicroWaveNov 5

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

https://lemmy.world/post/38390353

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.

Show threadtornavishNov 6
Is there a list of the airports or is this just a random threat
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 threadDragonstaff
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.
Nov 6 at 3:42pmWeb
Show threadtornavishNov 6
Do you have the ability to vote in the US Presidential election?