Government shutdown affecting air travel, national park safety

[mia]

If you are planning on hiking in a national park or head to the airport to travel this weekend be prepared. Federal workers are warning that the government shutdown is starting to impact safety.

"For air traffic controllers, you only get one take,” said James Marinitti with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. “They work in a mistake-free environment where we are expected to be right 100 percent of the time.”

With 3,000 air traffic support staff being told not to come to work there are fewer safety inspectors. That can lead to delays like repairing runway lights that guide pilots to the installation of new technology that helps controllers communicate with pilots.

"Radar, preventative maintenance -- these types of things that will get delayed as the shutdown continues because the workers are not there to keep the system healthy," Marinitti said....

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/government-shutdown-affecting-air-travel-national-park-safety

[Wellstone ruled]

1. And we have a major Weather

system coming from west to east across the country.

[BootinUp]

2. Remember when we said he was dangerous?

[The Truth Is Here]

3. Done with my travelling after landing two days ago.

I could tell TSA wasn't too happy (they almost broke two of our liquors that we brought carefully in a suitcase).

[33taw]

4. Do you mean the Trump/republican shutdowns?

[mia]

5. Trump's border wall shutdown

is now a safety issue. The Republicans are responsible for this.