US flight cancellations rise as Sean Duffy warns travel could reduce to a trickle'

"You're going to see air travel be reduced to a trickle, Duffy said Sunday on CNN's State of the Union. We have a number of people who want to get home for the holidays. They want to see their family Listen, many of them are not going to be able to get on an airplane because there are not going to be that many flights that fly if this thing doesn't open back up."

"The FAA's requirement for airlines to cut 4% of daily flights at 40 high traffic US airports began Friday and represented an attempt to ease the mounting pressure on air traffic controllers. Like other federal employees, those controllers have not been paid for weeks amid the government shutdown, which has become the longest in history and reached its 40th day."

The FAA ordered a 4% cut in daily flights at 40 high-traffic U.S. airports to reduce pressure on air traffic controllers during the federal government shutdown. The FAA instructed airlines to prepare for 6% reductions on Tuesday and 10% by November 14 if the shutdown continues, and the transportation secretary warned cuts could reach 20%. A significant share of controllers have not been paid and between 20% and 40% reportedly have not been showing up for work. The initial reductions produced roughly 800 cancellations Friday, 1,460 on Saturday, and over 1,000 cancellations Sunday morning.

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