cancel culture is spread to the airlines. thousands of frustrated passengers have been told that their plaintiff been canceled. the problem, the highly contagious virus and not enough workers. these are the lucky ones, passengers have been through security to catch a flight. hopefully everybody got home from the holidays. we should be fine. other travelers are not as fortunate. and a preemptive move some airlines canceled flights, citing a lack of cruz because of the baths betting omicron variant. pick united airlines quick grounded 9% the today president lights. nationwide spike of cases this week has had a direct impact on our blake reason the people who run our operation. at least 7% of the delta flights today that got take off. the company said that teams have exhausted all resources including substitutions of aircraft in cruise. earlier this week to produce
griff jenkins. merry christmas eve, julie. this is fox news live. united and delta airlines both claim staffing shortages for the wave of cancellations, combined out of covert protocols, long lines and weather delays, it could be a mad dash to get home for the holidays. david lee miller s live in new york city with the latest. high david lee. hi, griff. home for the holidays is taking on all new meetings with this christmas season. would be travelers, at least many of them, are stuck at home, because of as you mention, staffing shortages. at a number of major airlines that have caused flight cancellations. the spread of the omicron virus is to blame. united today, castle about 9% of its schedule. that s 175. the onset of micro, nationwide spike in omicron case this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people that run our operation. as a result, we have unfortunately had to cancel some flights and are notifying the
out there as a parent is that it s okay to be worried because there s been a lot of confusing messaging. it s clear that at least in certain spots, children do appear to be getting sicker. louisiana, florida. however, let me be clear, we re not seeing some sort of nationwide spike, jonathan, in children going to the hospital in droves here. it does not appear that we re there yet. it s happening in spots. what i would recommend to the parents of all school-age children in arkansas is to ignore what has been passed in law, to mask up your kiddos until they can get vaccinated. frankly, jonathan, what we re seeing is a lot of non-covid pneumonia. something called rsv. we re seeing a peak here in july, august, where typically this is a december to february type of virus peak. and so for a variety of reasons, mask up your kiddos, let s get them back in school but protect them until they can get the vaccine. senator hendren, what are you saying to your fellow arkansans