last. training and certifying new controllers takes two to three years. and united has its own staffing problems. a union email says flight attendants are waiting on the phone for hours to reach crew scheduling. airports nationwide reporting record passenger levels at or exceeding 2.7 million passengers every day, eclipsing 2019 numbers. reporter: just as the tsa predicts, friday could be the monster travel day, 2.8 million travelers. tom costello, nbc news, washington. i m sam brock in new orleans french quarter, where long lines packed this steamboat dock as unrelenting heat is steaming the entire city. it s really hot out here. reporter: new orleans could set record highs the next four days with the heat index approaching 120 degrees. i saw someone about two weeks ago had a heatstroke, a lady out here. so it s very hot. reporter: is that scary to see firsthand? yes, it was. reporter: the city s top priority, caring for the most vulnerable, opening at least nine cooli
ISM report shows hospital economic activity contracted for the first time in 35 months due to declines in new supply orders, a backlog of orders, and employment issues
were triggered by repeated short staffing at one federal air-traffic control facility in florida. the federal aviation administration s jacksonville center facility is responsible for controlling airspace used by nearly every commercial flight arriving and departing at florida s busiest airports. cnn found that last summer it was short staffed during more than 200 shifts. documents reveal over seven weeks the faa believes staffing problems delayed a total of 4,622 flights, nearly 1 in 10 of all delays state-wide. it has just a domino effect throughout the industry. reporter: at tampa international airport the executive vice president of operations began monitoring the staffing problems as passengers began getting stranded. in june he wrote the faa saying what s odd to me is that the only faa facility that seems to be having staffing issues is jacksonville center. and i obviously asked the
nearly every commercial flight arriving and departing at florida s busiest airports. cnn found that last summer it was short staffed during more than 200 shifts. documents reveal over seven weeks the faa believes staffing problems delayed a total of 4,622 flights, nearly one in ten of all delays state-wide. it has just a domino effect throughout the industry. reporter: at tampa international airport, executive vice president of operations, john till koes, began monitoring the staffing problems, as passengers began getting stranded. in june, he wrote the faa, saying what s odd to me is that the only faa facility that seems to be having staffing issues is jacksonville center. what is the faa doing to address the issue so that we can get our operational dependability back on track? in one message, one senior faa official gave a blunt assessment to faa acting chief
by every nearly arriving and departing flight. last summer, it was short staffed during more than 200 shifts. documents reveal over seven weeks that the faa believes staffing problems delayed 4,622 flights, nearly 1 in 10 of all delays statewide. it has just a domino effect throughout the industry. reporter: at tampa international airport, the executive vice president of operations began monitoring the staffing problems as passengers began getting stranded. in june, he wrote the faa saying what s odd to me is that the only faa facility that seems to be having staffing issues is jacksonville. asked the question, what are you going to do about it? what is the faa doing to address the issue so we can get our operational dependability back of track? reporter: in one message, one senior faa official gave a blunt assessment to billy nolan. i don t believe we have any excuse other than a straight-up shortage of certified