The Government Shutdown Is Already Causing Havoc for the Super Bowl

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With an additional 110,000 travelers flooding Atlanta’s airport for the Super Bowl in February, air traffic controllers and TSA officers at the world’s busiest airport are bracing for a chaotic weekend — all while working without pay.

The partial government shutdown has altered planning procedures for air travel officials ahead of the Super Bowl, with at least one meeting between airport employees, officials, and the NFL canceled since the shutdown began, according to Dan McCabe, an Atlanta-based air traffic controller and representative with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association union.

TSA officers, air traffic controllers, and other federal workers will operate the event more than a month into the shutdown that has cost them at least two missed paychecks.

“We’re really operating on our last best plan,” McCabe says. “We’re operating on a lot of assumptions on things — assumptions that certain routes will work and certain proceedings will work.”

The influx of travelers coming to town for the most-viewed event of the year poses a test for employees and officials navigating uncharted territory as the government shutdown begins its second month. High-capacity events like these take months or more than a year to plan to ensure safety and efficiency, according to agencies involved, and with the added burden of the shutdown, “the potential for delay is real,” says McCabe.

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1. Thanks for the post.

This is the real straw that broke Trump. His Rich Pals called in their IOU and Bam,Nancy wins the day.

The Bookies here in Vegas were as nervous as a you know what in church about this Air Traffic and TSA workers. We are talking a 1Billio plus handle for the Super Bowl and Adelson's Bookies are not going to take a hit.