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the friday before juneteenth, clocked in as the most popular air travel day of 2022. and all of this as inflation hits a 40-year high. let s start with the travel troubles facing so many americans right now. in los angeles international airport, already today more than 770 flights cancelled. and still, there might be more this holiday weekend. why? yeah. it s because a lot of people are flying first of all. tsa saying they screened about 2.5 million people on friday. that s the highest number they ve seen since the sunday after thanksgiving. and then the problem is that the airlines just can t keep up. of course, part of the reason why so many are flying this weekend is because it s a lock summer weekend. a lot of people have off monday for juneteenth, and of course, it also coincides with father s day. and then these airlines just not keeping up for a number of reasons. one, being weather problems. delays and cancellations. there s also staff shortages and infrastruc ....
Pilot s union. here s what he said. we ve been very vocal about it for the last few months and picketing at delta bases and hubs throughout the system to send the message that our pilots are tired and frustrated. we re fatigued. and so we do know that the administration is taking a look at all of this. transportation secretary pete buttigieg in a private conversation telling the ceos essentially they need to review all the flight cancellations and try to soften the impact of all of these cancellations, because it is going to be a difficult summer for travelers who are going to be frustrated and who are going to have a lot of headaches dealing with those cancellations, delays and trying to figure out what to do when that happens. fred? oh, my, it s only mounting. thank you so much. i appreciate it from l.a. the white house says lowering costs is a cop priority. even as the fed raised interest rates last week, the sharpest ....