"Ground private and corporate jets until the shutdown is over. There are almost 1,000 trackable private jets in the area at any one time, he argued, citing fleets like NetJets, FlexJet, and VistaJet. Those jets, Vittert noted, are not side-channel curiosities, they move through the same airspace and take the same federal staff capacity as a commercial aircraft carrying families with children and bags packed for Thanksgiving."
"Vittert then levied some striking imagery: The rich folks would have to give up the cushy seats and privacy to join the crowds of all of us in the TSA lines. No more drinking champagne on a big challenger jet, taking a nap on your Gulfstream. No more limos straight out to the plane sitting right there. Yeah, nope, not gonna happen, sorry!"
On the 38th day of the government shutdown, the FAA warned it will slash air traffic by 10 percent across 40 major markets to maintain safety amid a stretched air traffic control workforce. One proposed solution calls for grounding private and corporate jets until the shutdown ends to free federal staff capacity for commercial flights. Nearly 1,000 trackable private jets often occupy the same airspace and require the same controller work as commercial aircraft. Of the 40 airports facing FAA cuts, only Teterboro is private; the rest will impact the traveling public. Grounding private flights would force wealthy travelers onto commercial flights and reduce congestion on controllers.
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