flyers on edge. the nation s airports continue to be hit with delays an cancellations. now pete buttigieg feeling the heat with another 50,000 flights expected today. welcome, everyone. i m charles payne in for neil cavuto, this is your world. we have fox team coverage with madison all worth with how flyers are holding up and jonathan serrie in atlanta. severe storms that could have those problems piling up. madison? hey, charles. yeah, i mean here in newark, things are smoother today, which is welcome relief for newark travelers. this was an airport that was hit the worst when it came to delays and cancellations, especially if flying on united. fox has now confirmed that united is going to be pulling back some routes this summer from newark airport in part because of the meltdown last week. they were not specific about just how many routes or flights will be cut. the company also handed out 30,000 frequent flyer miles to travelers that were hit with those delays. trave
there s a major shortage. it criticizes the training procedures. due in part to the pandemic and be prepared for these problems to continue for a few more summers. how fair is that criticism? we ll bring in francesca paige. what do you make of that journal editorial? it s going to take a couple of years to resolve this? we have to keep in mind aside from the bad weather, the airports are seeing impacts from reduced staffing at air traffic control summers. the faa new this could be an issue. the lack of staff on high passenger travel days coupled with weather is bound to create severe delays for travelers. however, probably also not the most tactful move on the part of the faa to joke about passenger ed did amidst this. the problem is that the transportation secretary didn t