{"id":1959695,"date":"2023-06-28T18:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T22:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thanks-buttigieg-us-hit-with-more-mass-flight-cancellations-ahead-of-july-4th-weekend\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T18:14:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T22:14:46","slug":"thanks-buttigieg-us-hit-with-more-mass-flight-cancellations-ahead-of-july-4th-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thanks-buttigieg-us-hit-with-more-mass-flight-cancellations-ahead-of-july-4th-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"More flight cancellations hit US before July 4th, thanks to Buttigieg."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthanks-buttigieg-us-hit-with-more-mass-flight-cancellations-ahead-of-july-4th-weekend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1959695&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Air travelers across the country faced hundreds of flight cancellations Wednesday, spelling trouble for the record number of people traveling this Independence Day weekend.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>East Coast thunderstorms and continued FAA operational troubles caused 3,000 flights to be delayed and more than 800 cancellations on Wednesday, according to FlightAware. The FAA predicts that Thursday will be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-crenshaw-torches-buttigieg-over-out-of-touch-electric-vehicle-comments\/\" title=\"Rep. Crenshaw Torches Buttigieg Over \u2018Out Of Touch\u2019 Electric Vehicle Comments\">busiest travel day<\/a> with more than 52,500 total flights.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thanks-buttigieg-us-hit-with-more-mass-flight-cancellations-ahead-of-july-4th-weekend\/\" title=\"More flight cancellations hit US before July 4th, thanks to Buttigieg.\">blamed continued flight disruptions<\/a> on the airlines, claiming they schedule more flights than their staff can handle. But airlines have shot back, blaming Buttigeig&#8217;s FAA for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-clarifies-new-guidelines-for-vaccinations-and-quarantines\/\" title=\"CDC Clarifies New Guidelines for Vaccinations and Quarantines\">staffing shortages<\/a> that have made them unable to handle the high numbers of flights, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/holiday-travel-flight-delays-airlines-7c0e8435593d188d523b953518eedd83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We estimate that over 150,000 customers on United alone were impacted this weekend because of FAA staffing issues and their ability to manage traffic,&#8221; United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby wrote in a memo to employees.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg faced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/01\/05\/business\/southwest-buttigieg-democrats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fierce<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/columns\/pete-buttigieg-is-not-ready-for-primetime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticism<\/a> over his management last winter as Southwest&#8217;s massive flight cancellations scrambled December holiday plans and a &#8220;computer glitch&#8221; grounded planes in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg warns of travel chaos as hundreds of flights are canceled due to East Coast storms and ongoing FAA issues. With a record number of people traveling this Independence Day weekend, over 3,000 flights were delayed and 800+ were canceled on Wednesday alone, according to FlightAware. 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