newark, laguardia and kennedy within a couple miles. when there is bad weather, it is hard to fly in, they use instrumentation. they rolled out the new 5g this weekend. they had been moving it down, they moved planes that do not have updated systems to places where it doesn t rain. rachel: taylor riggss the faa is not equipped for this. the faa is just not right now equipped to handle events we used to be able to handle. united airlines ceo kirby said the faa used to be able to handle these, no longer due to staffing and shortages, not able to handle it. that is frustration with passengers, people want to make
control the weather, spending a lot trying to do that. not working. it is scary stuff and expensive. trying to be god is kind of expensive. we had a big decision from the supreme court on affirmative action. pete buttigieg was elected because of the ceiling breaking potential he had and that is why he s there. you said he s not a leader and certainly has no experience in something that touches everybody s lives like transportation. steve: the thing about the weather, if you have one hub that is knocked out of commission, the whole country is out of whack. the problem over the last couple days was at newark. they could not get planes in and out and there was bad weather. there are three major airports,
will i make it on standby? that was my home-town airport in atlanta. rachel: that is why they were so nice. i will take credit, they route you all over that airport different times of day. steve: what is going on, americans were sick of covid and people are starting to travel. this week, they are suggesting four million people will be in the skies, 15% higher than it was in 2019, before covid. the problem is, as you look at newark airport and their new terminal a is really nice. if you are stuck somewhere, you might as well be stuck there. the faa needs more air traffic controllers and airlines need more rampers and gates. at newark, united has asked from port authority of new york and new jersey, give us more gates,
the cancellation, because it happens quite often. they re trying to get too many flights in and out. at newark, it s terrible. worst airport i go to. now, as of this evening, there are more than 3,000 delays or cancellations across the country. we ve seen this number go up every hour. travelers dealt with major headaches all last week, when severe weather canceled or delayed tens of thousands of flights. united airlines gave 30,000 frequent flyer miles to travelers hittable delays, some stranded for three days, forced to shell out money for hotels. today people came prepared for a travel nightmare of their own. they tried to check our carry-on bags. i said, no, i need extra things in case i have to spend the night in the airport. we kept our carry-on bags. they have lounge access. now, buttigieg says air traffic control staffing issues account for less than 10% of system delays, but he says he wants that number to improve. there are plans to hire new air traffic controllers thi
so if planes are flying on instruments only, they have to maintain a further distance from one another. they can t keep visual separation airplane to airplane. therefore, the faa puts in place these restrictions to try and essentially and elongate the conga line, to make sure the airplanes aren t too bunched up to one another, making an unsafe condition. this is really to try and keep things safe. the faa doesn t necessarily cancel or delay flights. that s really up to the airlines, although the new york area has some of the worst visibility according to the aviation weather reports now. at newark, the visibility s only about a half mile. that really does sort of pile on and make arrivals into airports more and more complicated. and it s not just the new york area. we re seeing this at national airport, the d.c. area, dulles, bwi. they could also see impacts from this smoke haze, as well. totally unprecedented, as well. we re seeing it in philadelphia, boston, jfk also having issues.