it s only 6:30 in the morning. all of this despite secretary buttigieg s warning to airlines and new travelers dashboard implemented before the weekend. florida g.o.p. congressman brian mast sits on the house transportation and infrastructure committee. and joins us now. congressman, mayor pete has had a lot of tough talk over the course of the last few months. has anything improved? no. i don t think we could say honestly in any circumstance that situations in travel have improved. i think there is a number of places that we can look and say there really is blame to pass around. we he know they can t control the weather but we don t have pushing for next generation radar systems and more official flight patterns. that s something that a lot of people don t see. we know there is major issues with labor. not just with pilots but also with those flight crews on the ground and also with the faa and those that are manning the air traffic control towers and other place and their covid res
cheaper and you can also end up paying even more. for those opting to drive-in stead of fly, $70 to fill up your tanks. and during the whole two and a half year pandemic. the busy fourth of july weekend is around the corner so the advice is get to your airport early and be sure to check your airline s flight status before you leave the house and be prepared. compounding the concern, all of the airlines are suffering from staffing shortages. pilots are complaining of constantly working overtime, too many hours, there s a consistent shortage of flight attendants, and the airlines are complaining of the air traffic control towers having trouble fully staffing the towers. travelers are very well aware of this and this includes columbus, ohio s own kathy
overtime for there is a consistent shortage of flight attendants. the airlines are complain there s a shortage of air traffic control towers. there have been hundreds of delays and cancellations of flights in the past ten days. travelers very well aware of all of this. were scheduled to leave on a thursday night. flight kept getting canceled. eventually we are missing our connections. there is not anything available without an overnight connection. we finally got a flight saturday morning. miami summer vacations are very well underway. an airport spokesman tells us compared to this day in june, right now with the state in june in 2019 that is pre-pandemic. passenger traffic at the airport is up 15%, arthel.
those opting to drive instead of flying, you re looking at paying about $70 to fill up your tank. bottom line, traveling right now as prices in the two inaccurate pandemic and busy fourth of july 3 day weekend is right around the corner so the advice is to get to the airport early, check the website before you leave and be prepared. concern all the airlines subject for staffing shortages, vines are complaining working too much overtime, consistent shortage of flight attendant as well as employees and air traffic control towers in the past seven to ten days, there have been hundreds and hundreds of delays and cancellations. travelers are well aware of all of this. most people will bring two bags, close to $100, that s a lot. some places, a little kiosk, pandemonium everywhere.
government? in newark particular, enforce the rules that limit the number of flights that operations can handle. and they are not the only ones. but the other thing we need is to get the air traffic control towers back to full staffing. those major travel challenges aren t limited to the skies. right now thousands of rail workers in britain are on strike over pay as well as job cuts in the country s largest rail strike in deck k5ids. a and the walkout is causing severe disruption. scott mcclain is at the london bridge station right now. and give us a sense of what you are seeing. reporter: i mean, you know this well, this is one of the busiest stations in the entire uk and there is hardly anyone here. and this should be rush hour. so these are the stairs and escalators up to two of the platforms and you can see it says please check time table for services which means there is no train leaving from this platform