Newsweek - November is a month of peak travel as the Thanksgiving holiday is a major time for both road and air travel. Last year, travel around the holiday hit record numbers—1.7 million more people traveled than in 2023, with 79.9 million going to destinations at least 50 miles from their homes, according to the American Automobile Association.
Throughout October, delays and cancellations have hit many of America's airports. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy also warned that exhausted, stressed and overworked controllers, many of whom have reported needing to get second jobs to cover bills while their paychecks are paused, could increase risks of issues arising at airports, and more have been calling in sick.
Staffing has reportedly been reduced by 50 percent in some areas since the shutdown started.
Delays have been accumulating at airports across the country, with some experiencing average delays of three hours and others having to wait as long as 6 hours and 30 minutes in more extreme cases.
By the end of the day on October 30 alone, there had been over 900 flight delays, and more than 200 cancellations, according to Flight Aware's Misery Map.
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