Several major airports in the UNITED states is experiencing delays due to a lack of manpower in flykontrollen on the u.s. east coast.
This writes the american aviation authorities in a statement sent out via the social media Twitter.
– We have experienced a slight increase in sickness absence at the two control stations.
We fix this by strengthening staffing, redirect the traffic and increase the distance between aircraft, when needed, slices of The Federal Aviation Administration.
According to the news agency Reuters hit delays at major airports on the u.s. east coast. The case of LaGuardia in New York, the Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey and the airport in Philadelphia.
The u.s. aviation and security authorities at airports are some of the public bodies, which brands of the partial shutdown of the u.s. state apparatus.
the Closure is the result of a political dispute between president Donald Trump and the Congress. It means that many state employees have not been paid in over 30 days.
Thursday, cried out multiple airlines, wary of the gun in relation to both the safety authorities and air traffic control was close to breaking point, because their employees do not get paid a salary.
It gets more and more to not show up at work or to report sick. Wednesday was absenteeism among security personnel 7.5 percent to three percent on the same day last year, according to Bloomberg.
– We are close to a turning point, when the employees face not getting paid the salary for the second month in a row.
– The longer this continues, the longer it will take for the nation’s aviation infrastructure to recover, said ceo of JetBlue, Robin Hayes, according to Bloomberg on Thursday.
the Airline Southwest Airlines ceo, Gary Kelly, said:
– We would be insane if we were not concerned about this here. Everyone should be aware that the shutdown harms the economy and the aviation industry.
Donald Trump and Congress can’t agree on a law, must pay the wall along the u.s. border, as Donald Trump repeatedly promised during his election campaign.
During the election campaign promised Donald Trump, that Mexico would pay for the wall. It is, however, not happened.