Posted on 10/27/2025 4:13:28 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport were halted briefly due to a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility, the Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday, when the agency also reported staffing-related delays in Chicago, Washington and Newark, New Jersey.
The FAA issued a temporary ground stop at one of the world’s busiest airports soon after U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted that travelers would see more flights delayed and canceled in the coming days as the nation’s air traffic controllers work without pay during the federal government shutdown.
During an appearance on the Fox News program “Sunday Morning Futures,” Duffy said more controllers were calling in sick as money worries compound the stress of an already challenging job.
“Just yesterday, ... we had 22 staffing triggers. That’s one of the highest that we have seen in the system since the shutdown began. And that’s a sign that the controllers are wearing thin,” he said.
The FAA said planes headed for Los Angeles were held at their originating airports starting at 11:42 a.m. Eastern time, and the agency lifted the ground stop at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time.
The hold did not appear to cause continuing problems at LAX; according to flight tracking website FlightAware, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field Airport saw a much bigger share of late arrivals due to what the FAA said were weather and equipment issues.
Too few air traffic controllers per shift also caused takeoff and arrival disruptions Sunday at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport and Teteboro Airport, and at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Meyers, Florida, according to the FAA.
On Sunday evening, the FAA also slowed traffic into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport because of traffic controller staffing.
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And the general attitude and mental health of the known universe has risen as a result.
The Surgeon General has determined that the more that the rest of the universe is not exposed to Lost Angeless, the better off they are.
"Experts" are looking into making this temporary situation more permanent.
Excellent! Nobody out of there...at least by air.
“”””Excellent! Nobody out of there...at least by air.””””
Time for Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Maybe King Hakeem Skyhook and King Shoomyer can rent out a couple 152s and start transporting losers out to Newscum’s Scorched Earth Palisades Park for the holidays.
Simple Rules
Simple Software
Early Retirements
I miss Rush.
Replace it with AI
It is utterly amazing the amount of grief, abuse, pain, whatever that the Democrats are willing to foist upon the American public just to get their way. They talk about democracy, but they just act like a little child with stomping feet when they don’t get their way……
Ain’t that the truth? I was saying that about union workers on strike 40+ years ago. I understand it more now, with all of the politics and corruption, and it’s only getting worse.
He died on my birthday
Me too. BIG TIME! We need him right now.
What a way to run a government!
Money is already in the system. Just pay everyone except the democrats in congress who walked out and refuse to do their jobs.
If only we had you for President! You could just snap your fingers and get things done!
“I refuse to work today and not get paid until a month later.”
A lot of us live that way.
AND THEIR STAFF, the ones who actually do something. That would get the Democrats off their asses.
LA? Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.
Just blame it on climate change and at least six dim senators will fold.
EC
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