"The FAA anticipates that the airport's air traffic control tower will be without staff until 10 p.m. Monday, according to spokesperson Kristen Alsop. The tower was without staff starting at 4:15 p.m. Due to the government shutdown, air traffic controllers are working without pay. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday that the FAA was seeing a small uptick in air traffic control workers calling in sick during the shutdown."
"As of 5 p.m., outgoing flights at Hollywood Burbank Airport were delayed an average of two hours and 31 minutes due to staffing shortages and runway construction, according to the FAA. At that time, the longest delay reported was three hours and 55 minutes. Alsop said that staffing shortages were the main issue contributing to the delays. Although the air control tower is unmanned, Southern California TRACON will control the air traffic in the airport's airspace, Alsop said."
The Hollywood Burbank Airport air traffic control tower was unmanned beginning at 4:15 p.m. with staffing expected to be absent until 10 p.m. Controllers are working without pay amid the government shutdown, and there has been a small uptick in controllers calling in sick. Outgoing flights faced average delays of about two hours and 31 minutes as of 5 p.m., with the longest delay nearly four hours. Staffing shortages and runway construction contributed to the delays. Southern California TRACON assumed control of the airport's airspace for arriving and departing flights. Governor Gavin Newsom blamed the shutdown and President Trump for the staffing challenges.
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