air Traffic at three of the major airports in the united states are affected now of minor and major delays due to a shortage of staff band the air traffic controllers.
La Guardia, Newark and Philadelphia that are now no longer able to check safety distances between aircraft and, therefore, has been to extend it with fewer take-offs and landings as a result.
The case of delays of between 15 to 45 minutes.
According to the FAA, it is the number of sjukanmälningar which have increased somewhat, writes Bloomberg. According to the Transportation Security Administration has many air traffic controllers said that they have difficulty getting to work because they simply can’t afford to do it.
is the president of the trafikledarnas national organization in the united states is very critical of the way parts of the government shut down and how the now affects the security in the air:
– Our staff are already exhausted. What happens now is irresponsible, ” she says to CNN.
so Far, the air traffic controllers worked without pay since the shutdown of parts of the apparatus of state on 22 december. Because they are considered as ”necessary”, they must go to work even if they do not receive a salary.
president, democrat Nancy Pelosi, was not slow to accuse the president of endangering the safety in the air. In a post on Twitter just before the at 17, she wrote:
”Donald Trump’s closing has already done to hundreds of thousands of americans are close to being broken. Now makes it even more so that our airspace is almost about to break.”
https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1088825415182049280
