faced with delays and cancellations look at these numbers and they will get higher heading to the fourth of july. passengers are just trying to deal with it and get through it. they say this. i have a five-hour layover. i got to la guardia airport at new york in 6:00 a.m. to find out that my 8:00 fight was cancelled. even with the delays, they worked with us. we had no problems. oh, boy. this person is way more patient than i would be. the pilots are out in force and protesting today. they say they are stretched way too thin, that even that flights are being put in place, that they know they don t have pilots for. then there s this concern. listen closely. they re trying to fly airplanes without pilots available. they re pilot pushing and narrowing the margin of safety. martha: that does and sound good. where is the secretary of transportation in this? he announced a $1 billion pilot program for road equity. his office says they re doing things to make sure pe
real smooth flow of airline traffic and causes delays. it s another factor. global warming, much more severe weather, much more frequently today than in years past. martha: what we re hearing is that they re scheduling flights that they know they don t have a pilot for. we also hear there s a pilot shortage. that not as many people want to be pilots anymore. i m asking the question, what can be done? a, why would an airline schedule a flight that they know they don t have a pilot to fly? i don t think that that s occurring. i think that s an exaggerated scenario martha: no, this isn t because of global warming. the bottom line is it used to be that you got to the airport and your flight said on time. now you get there, and you think what is my plan b, c and d.