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| Above, the Cleveland International Airport. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The chaos at some U.S. airports are causing delays in flights with wait times of two hours or more. This is all allegedly due to the sequestration where the rate of budget hikes were cut, not the cutting of the actual budget.
The Japan Times is reporting:
WASHINGTON – After months of inside-the-Beltway drama, the impact of sequestration cutbacks moved to center stage America on Monday as the aviation system was slowed by the furlough of 1,500 air traffic controllers.
With about 10 percent of the controllers who direct 23,000 planes a day scheduled to be off daily until October, both industry and government officials forecast the effect would snowball as the nation enters peak travel season.
Sequestration was President Obama's idea when an impasse over the budget occurred last year between the Democrat Senate and Republican House. Obama also signed it.
GOP lawmakers have been critical over the furloughs, saying that the FAA has not looked into other means to trim costs but are politically forcing the furloughs to make the sequestration more painful. It also jeopardizes public safety.
To read the full story, go here.
Additionally, from Fox News:
Lawmakers from both parties urged the Obama administration Tuesday to postpone or cancel the furlough of air traffic controllers, with some accusing the Federal Aviation Administration of playing politics as the cuts contributed to airport delays across the country.
The furloughs went into effect Sunday, and the impact was felt almost immediately. The FAA reported more than 1,200 delays due to the sequester-tied cuts on Monday. On Tuesday, the agency reported "challenges" at airports in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The FAA claims the furloughs were unavoidable. But lawmakers say the agency could find the money elsewhere, by cutting spending on consultants and grant programs and in other areas.Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/23/lawmakers-urge-faa-to-reconsider-furloughs-as-travelers-encounter-mounting/#ixzz2RK7Wya4Y
1 comment:
We "crazy" Libertarians would say to privatize the controllers and the problem is gone. No longer would they be paid with tax money.
But the GOP and Demos want them to be government employees sucking on the teat of the Treasury.
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