trump's shutdown snarls East Coast flights

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Airports on the East Coast were hit with increasing delays Friday morning as the shutdown’s impacts began to slow the aviation system, a situation aviation workers have warned about for weeks with increasingly dire language.

"Do we have your attention now, Leader McConnell? All lawmakers?" said Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants. "Open the government and then get back to the business of democracy to discuss whatever issue you so choose. This shutdown must end immediately."

Departures from Philadelphia and Newark were delayed by more than an hour, and traffic was significantly slowed at LaGuardia in New York due to controllers calling in sick at a large facility outside of Washington, D.C. that handles air traffic for most of the region.

The FAA said it has “experienced a slight increase in sick leave” at its Washington and Jacksonville, Fla. air traffic control facilities.



https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/25/shutdown-flight-delays-1125449