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more than 55,000 cancelations. this weekend will be a test of the system. reporter: transportation secretary pete buttigieg is putting pressure on airlines, which insist they are now right-sized and right-staffed, hiring 48,000 workers in the last year, according to a cnn analysis. we re doing everything we can to press airlines to deliver that good service, and if there is an issue, we have your back. reporter: though airlines worry delays could come from the federal government, which is short 3,000 air traffic controllers. this week, back-to-back staffing issues in denver forced the faa to slow flights. calls air traffic control shortages his number one concern. that doesn t just impact those flights. that bleeds over to the whole system for the rest of the day. for now the faa has opened up 169 new more efficient flight routes up and down the east coast. from its command center in virginia the agency is monitoring storms in florida, warning of delays in tampa,
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during covid and i remember traveling a lot, i was flying a lot for fox, you know, parents were having such a tough time with keeping the masks that was horrible. thank god that s over. and parents were being thrown off planes. i saw that with my own eyes. it s about basic decorum. civility. and in those tight confines with the ridiculous spacing oh, the double armrest what about that i m sorry. each person can have one. you know, i fly southwest. the guy in the middle to got there last, i m sorry, i m taking both armrests. but griff [laughter] i m in a bad mood he s sore on the plane, isn t he? today there have been more than 18,000 delays and 600 cancellations. i want to play something for you. this is pete buttigieg, okay? and he s talking about air traffic control shortages. tell me if you buy this explanation. you were very hard on the airlines about their staffing
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in in aviation is that runway will only be cleared for your use when there s nobody else on it. um if you re working on the assumption that the aircraft that s either departing or taxiing clear will be clear. by the time you land you wait until then, to give the clearance. you don t give it beforehand that has become not uncommon and again, i refer back to what i ve written. i mean, there s a whole chapter on air traffic control in the book, and it does cover the different practices in different countries only have a few seconds that you wrote the book on why planes crash pilot shortages, pilot fatigue, air traffic control shortages. is that why planes crash? the single word answer is culture. you know if the safety culture in the airline is really good.
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sandra: so there s been some flight delays due to air traffic control shortages. the faa putting out a statement that due to sick call-ins from some of their workers that they ve had to either space out, create wider spaces between flights, that actually caused a lot of delays at laguardia, newark, philadelphia due to staff problems with air traffic control. it is a situation that we continue to monitor specifically here on the northeast. we will see where this all goes. we are watching it for you this morning. bill: now, the faa so warning of delays, but the ground stop is no longer there. sandra: gotcha. president trump, the moneyman is here. hello, sir. host of making money with
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