"I don't really care what your political persuasion is, but you should really call your senator. Because, I'll tell ya, this is costing the airlines millions of dollars. And just think of 30 airplanes with one engine running. It's gonna take us at least 90 minutes to take off. So it's frustrating. It's really frustrating for me. Because right now, it's gonna cost about two hours of our lives on the ground before we even take off, spend all that gas, all that money, and it just rolls into the rest of the system."
"So right now, we're at a 4 percent reduction in flight capacity. Next week, we go to 10. Last night, I had a six-hour delay in Houston, and the weather was perfect! It's because the air traffic controllers aren't getting paid. So it's a weekend."
"TSA took 2 hours flight was delayed 2 hours And now we will be sitting on the runway for 2 hours."
Passengers faced multi-hour disruptions including lengthy TSA processing, flight delays, and extended runway holds. A Southwest Airlines pilot urged passengers to call their senator, citing millions in airline losses and wasted fuel from prolonged ground time. The pilot reported a current four percent reduction in flight capacity and warned of a projected ten percent reduction the following week, and recounted a six-hour delay in Houston despite perfect weather. The pilot attributed the operational breakdown to air traffic controllers not being paid. Presidential criticism targeted controllers taking time off during the shutdown.
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