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.
40 Comments
aramis87@fedia.io · 112 pts · 319d
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!
madcaesar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 317d
I like the cut of your jib!
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 80 pts · 319d
Where's the list?
No, not the list of airports affected. The other list. We haven't forgotten, Donald.
Serinus@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 318d
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.
Dragonstaff@leminal.space · 1 pts · 318d
Private flights can fly into smaller airports with no ATC. How much traffic do they make up at larger airports?
Leather@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 318d
For clarification do you mean the pedo-island list?
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 3 pts · 318d
The one that Trump is on? Yes.
ccunning@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 319d
Further enshrining this as the Trump shutdown
HubertManne@piefed.social · 44 pts · 318d
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.
mikenurre@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 319d
Bet ya $100 no private jet is grounded.
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 318d
Oh thank god that means sports won’t be impacted.
MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 318d
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.
EvilBit@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 319d
Bets on whether every one is in a blue state?
FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 319d
Would be hilarious because that's usually where people need to fly, since that's where all the money is... Lol
Hello_there@fedia.io · 28 pts · 319d
Thanksgiving traffic gonna be fun
the_q@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 318d
b34k@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 318d
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
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 318d
I'm not so sure. It's only two more weeks and we're in day 36
Drusas@fedia.io · 2 pts · 318d
Three more weeks.
ripcord@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 318d
Still
assembly@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 319d
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.
Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 26 pts · 319d
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?
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 19 pts · 319d
Do it you coward.
tonytins@pawb.social · 19 pts · 319d
Lose healthcare if they get their way or death by airplane? I choose shutdown.
MagicShel@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 319d
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.
toiletobserver@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 319d
tornavish@lemmy.cafe · 12 pts · 319d
Is there a list of the airports or is this just a random threat
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 318d
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.
And international flights? Holy shit...
Like most things: trump and the chuds don't realize how tightly coupled the world is and how you can't just close one airport and laugh at the libs.
I'll just add on: If you've ever been unfortunate enough to get caught in an airport clusterfuck, those surly customer service agents are some of the most psychotic, and surly, wizards with spreadsheets and databases and will do everything they possibly can to get you where you want to go... even if it means you cross the country twice in one day.
tornavish@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 318d
Well that sounds really efficient. Maybe this will convince people to vote despite not liking the options
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 318d
Well, let's hope so.
Dragonstaff@leminal.space · 1 pts · 318d
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.
tornavish@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 318d
Do you have the ability to vote in the US Presidential election?
adespoton@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 318d
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?
dhork@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 318d
Just look at the Electoral map.
State is Blue? No planes for you!
blave@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 319d
“This is what happens when you don’t pay your taxes”
adespoton@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 318d
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.
romamix@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 318d
An interesting approach to a crackdown on emissions
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 318d
SHUT IT DOWN THEN
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 319d
You will never escape
Bakkoda@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 318d
Yeah this is the kind of shit that worries me. Lockdown.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 316d
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.
chilldrivenspade@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 318d