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The ongoing government shutdown continues to disrupt flights at times and put pressure on air traffic controllers who are working without pay.
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The Federal Aviation Administration says flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport are being held due to a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility.[image or embed]" The Associated Press (@apnews.com) Oct 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Federal Aviation Administration says flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport are being held due to a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility.[image or embed]
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... A day earlier, flights were delayed at New York's LaGuardia Airport, New Jersey's Newark airport and Washington's Reagan National Airport because of air traffic controller shortages. The number of flight delays for any reason nationwide spiked to 6,158 Thursday after hovering around 4,000 a day earlier in the week, according to FlightAware.com. Many Federal Aviation Administration facilities are so critically short on controllers that just a few absences can cause disruptions, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has said that more air traffic controllers have been calling in sick since the shutdown began. ...
Many Federal Aviation Administration facilities are so critically short on controllers that just a few absences can cause disruptions, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has said that more air traffic controllers have been calling in sick since the shutdown began. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-26 06:26 PM | Reply
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Flights to Los Angeles International Airport halted due to air traffic controller shortage apnews.com
... The Federal Aviation Administration said flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport were halted Sunday morning due to a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility. The FAA issued a temporary ground stop at one of the world's busiest airports soon after U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted that travelers would see more flights delayed and canceled in the coming days as the nation's air traffic controllers work without pay during the federal government shutdown. During an appearance on the Fox News program "Sunday Morning Futures," Duffy said more controllers were calling in sick as money worries compound the stress of an already challenging job. "Just yesterday, ... we had 22 staffing triggers. That's one of the highest that we have seen in the system since the shutdown began. And that's a sign that the controllers are wearing thin," he said. ...
The FAA issued a temporary ground stop at one of the world's busiest airports soon after U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted that travelers would see more flights delayed and canceled in the coming days as the nation's air traffic controllers work without pay during the federal government shutdown.
During an appearance on the Fox News program "Sunday Morning Futures," Duffy said more controllers were calling in sick as money worries compound the stress of an already challenging job.
"Just yesterday, ... we had 22 staffing triggers. That's one of the highest that we have seen in the system since the shutdown began. And that's a sign that the controllers are wearing thin," he said. ...
#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-26 06:27 PM | Reply
Aviation Disasters And President Plane Crash Attacks On Air Safety
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#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-26 06:30 PM | Reply
Trump the Magnificent (Clown).
#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-26 06:59 PM | Reply
No Flights Out is a feature, not a bug.
#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-26 07:02 PM | Reply
Shut the government down until Trump is impeached and removed from office
#6 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-10-26 07:08 PM | Reply
This will only hurt Californians, so, it's no big deal.
They deserve it.
#7 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-10-26 08:31 PM | Reply
@#7 ... This will only hurt Californians, so, it's no big deal. ...
Not really.
LAX is a major gateway for flights from Asia into the United States.
This halting of flights is a major problem (a.k.a., disruption), not just for the good people of California, as you assert.
#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-26 08:45 PM | Reply
Democrats don't care about the suffering, they are on a quest to provide free health insurance for illegals.
#9 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-10-26 09:07 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
#9 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-10-26 09:07 PM | Reply
You're either lying or you get your news from facebook, because this is incredibly stupid.
#10 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-26 09:10 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
I buy illegals health insurance just for fun.
#11 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-10-26 09:18 PM | Reply
&mnsp
@#9 ... they are on a quest to provide free health insurance for illegals. ...
How so?
Please be specific.
#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-26 09:25 PM | Reply
#9 | Posted by visitor
Republican's healthcare plan is to piss on starving sick children.
#13 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-10-26 09:33 PM | Reply
You give Republicans too much credit.
#14 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-10-26 09:44 PM | Reply
Since the start of the Trump administration, there have been no less than 147 aviation disasters, killing a total of 310 people.
The bloated orange pedo is stacking a lot of charred corpses.
#15 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-26 09:49 PM | Reply
@#15 ... killing a total of 310 people. ...
That's the thing.
Pres Trump does not seem to have one iota of care about Americas.
He only seems to care about himself, and how he can benefit.
#16 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-26 10:00 PM | Reply
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