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We had seen the rolling staffing triggers that come from air traffic controllers — one day it was L.A., another day it was in New York, Minneapolis, Atlanta — and so as we were looking at data, we were seeing increased numbers in some of…
Many of the controllers said, ‘A lot of us can navigate missing one paycheck. Not everybody, but a lot of us can. None of us can manage missing two paychecks,’
There is going to be a 10% reduction in capacity at 40 of our locations.
We are going to work with the airlines to do this in a systematic way.
You will see mass flight delays, you'll see mass cancellations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace, because we just cannot manage it.
We learned from that. And so now we look at data, and before it would become an issue, we try to assess the pressure and try to make moves before there could be adverse consequences.
Let’s act first before the Democrats have a chance to do it destructively.
There is going to be a 10% reduction in capacity at 40 of our locations.
U.S. may close parts of airspace if shutdown continues
They only reinforce it. This was an election all about the high cost of things, very clearly, and it just increases the resolve that we need to bring costs down for our constituents.
We will slow and stop traffic if we don't think we can manage it in a way that keeps people safe as they go from point A to point B.
I have encouraged them all to come to work. I want them to come to work. But they're making life decisions that they shouldn't have to make.
We don't have the best equipment in our towers and centers for air traffic control. But we have the safest airspace, we have the most efficient airspace because we have the best controllers in the world that work our skies and keep our…
These people should be paid. And to say that it's Donald Trump's fault, to say he has to find money, when Democrats have said there's no money for you because we've shut the government down, I mean, that's a contorted analysis.
We will slow traffic down. You'll see delays. We'll have flights canceled to make sure the system is safe.
Vote to open the government, negotiate your differences. That's fine. That's fair. But, again, these people should be paid.
President Trump has done all he can to minimize the pain of the shutdown on the American people.