So far, I wouldn’t have noticed Chuck Schumer’s government “shutdown” if it hadn’t been in the newspapers. The government is still withholding money from my paychecks, so the shutdown is obviously less than complete. I don’t depend on SNAP or other government programs, although I sympathize with those who do:
But I do travel a lot, and the Schumer Shutdown is starting to affect air travel and, perhaps, air safety:
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that flights to Los Angeles, California, were halted due to staffing shortages of air traffic controllers during the ongoing government shutdown, according to multiple reports.
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Due to flights to Los Angeles being halted, airplanes “were held at their originating airports starting at 11:42 a.m. Eastern time,” with the FAA predicting that the halt would end around 1:30 p.m., according to the outlet.
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The FAA’s announcement came after flights to locations such as Phoenix, Houston, and San Diego were also seeing delays on Friday due to staffing shortages, according to Politico. … Prior to this, flights at LaGuardia Airport in New York and Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, among others, experienced delays as they also dealt with air traffic controller staffing issues, according to the outlet.
The wealthy Democrats who control that party also fly a lot. It won’t take a lot of cancellations and delays before they start putting pressure on Chuck Schumer to end his filibuster. The worst that could happen, of course, is a plane crash attributable to the Schumer Shutdown. As a very frequent flyer, I trust that won’t happen.
