FAA furloughs go into effect tomorrow, expected to cause flight delays

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http://www.ktsm.com/news/faa-furloughs-go-effect-tomorrow-expected-cause-flight-delays

The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to furlough some 47,000 employees starting Sunday, April 21st. As a result, travelers nationwide could soon face flight delays of up to 4 hours.

The furloughs are part of forced government spending cuts, known as "sequestration" that first began in March. Of those 47,000 furloughed employees,15,000 are air traffic controllers, whose absence from work will force airports to shut down runways, causing long delays for travelers.

"I work a busy job and have a child and wait times would be, it would really interfere with things. Probably, it would decrease my travel," said Susan Engrogan.

"When you're going on a long flight, like we are, we are going all the way back to Sweden, you don't want to wait for very long of course. On the way here, we had to wait at Customs for two and a half hours just to show our passports in Chicago, so that was quite a long time," said Emma Angelin.