{"id":1962943,"date":"2023-07-02T19:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T23:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/furious-airline-passengers-rage-at-pete-buttigieg-as-they-face-holiday-travel-nightmare\/"},"modified":"2023-07-02T19:36:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T23:36:27","slug":"furious-airline-passengers-rage-at-pete-buttigieg-as-they-face-holiday-travel-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/furious-airline-passengers-rage-at-pete-buttigieg-as-they-face-holiday-travel-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry travelers vent frustration at Pete Buttigieg amid holiday travel chaos."},"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%2Ffurious-airline-passengers-rage-at-pete-buttigieg-as-they-face-holiday-travel-nightmare%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=1962943&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>The Nation&#8217;s Airlines Struggle with Systematic Dysfunction<\/h2>\n<p>The nation\u2019s airlines continue their seemingly endless struggle with systematic dysfunction.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/transportation\/4077571-more-than-2000-flights-delayed-as-holiday-weekend-kicks-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>, more than 2,000 flights were delayed in the advance of the pre-Fourth of July weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Many travelers took aim at Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg amid the cancellations, questioning his commitment to safeguarding the rights of air travel consumers.<\/p>\n<p>One traveler recounted being stuck at the Denver airport for the entire weekend without receiving accommodation from United Airlines.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s 4:30am in the Denver airport. Cleaners are about now. Since Thursday, I\u2019ve had 3 cancellations. multiple delays. and no accommodation. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/united?\">@united<\/a> this is unacceptable. do better. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretaryPete?\">@SecretaryPete<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?\">@nytimes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xxstMp0dqK\">pic.twitter.com\/xxstMp0dqK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bree Hocking (@BreeHocking) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreeHocking\/status\/1675454869908467714?\">July 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sunrise at the Denver airport. No such thing as beauty sleep here. Not a wink. Thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/united?\">@United<\/a> for a truly miserable start to the holiday weekend. Compensate and accommodate your passengers. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretaryPete?\">@SecretaryPete<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?\">@nytimes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E3bcUL5v8J\">pic.twitter.com\/E3bcUL5v8J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bree Hocking (@BreeHocking) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreeHocking\/status\/1675472939762827264?\">July 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Buttigieg pointed to unstable weather as a factor in the spree of cancellations, claiming the circumstances were beyond his control, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/transportation\/4078136-buttigieg-blames-severe-weather-for-holiday-weekend-flight-cancellations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-pence-defends-joke-buttigieg-maternity-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buttigieg<\/a> cited what he called a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/generic-ballot-poll-americans-support-republicans-over-democrats-by-record-setting-ten-points\/\" title=\"Generic Ballot Poll: Americans Support Republicans over Democrats by Record-Setting Ten Points\">record-setting amount<\/a> of air travelers in defending his department\u2019s record, touting the lowest flight cancellation percentage since the start of the week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yesterday saw an all-time record number of US airline passengers. At 2.7%, the overall cancellation rate was the lowest since the week began. Good progress here\u2014FAA will continue to work with airlines to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/furious-airline-passengers-rage-at-pete-buttigieg-as-they-face-holiday-travel-nightmare\/\" title=\"Angry travelers vent frustration at Pete Buttigieg amid holiday travel chaos.\">manage weather &#038; reduce delays<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v3sTvAN46z\">https:\/\/t.co\/v3sTvAN46z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretaryPete\/status\/1675294021843861507?\">July 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Buttigieg Faces Criticism for Travel Dysfunction<\/h3>\n<p>This is far from Buttigieg\u2019s first rodeo with mass cancellations and travel dysfunction.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg called out the airlines with fiery rhetoric amid a spree of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-admin-may-culpable-2022s-holiday-travel-nightmare-blame-stacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas cancellations<\/a>, pledging to prevent the same situation from occurring again.<\/p>\n<p>Dysfunction had earlier left thousands of travelers stranded earlier in summer 2022, with many pointing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/buttigieg-threatens-airline-power-cancelled-flight-left-driving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buttigieg\u2019s regulation<\/a> of the nation\u2019s airlines as lacking.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/orbans-dream-of-two-decades-in-power-hangs-in-the-balance-in-hungarian-ballot\/\" title=\"Orban\u2019s dream of two decades in power hangs in the balance in Hungarian ballot\">small-town mayor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dangerous-for-democracy-mitt-romney-lashes-out-at-josh-hawley-and-ted-cruz-for-pushing-back-against-stolen-election\/\" title=\"\u201cDangerous for Democracy\u201d \u2013 Mitt Romney Lashes Out at Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz for Pushing Back Against Stolen Election\">failed presidential candidate<\/a> has opted to focus on political punditry amid the nation\u2019s transportation woes, finding time to critique Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 campaign ads as passengers languish in airports.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg questioned DeSantis\u2019 manhood in a Sunday CNN interview.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Buttigieg on DeSantis video: I\u2019m going to leave aside the strangeness of trying to prove your manhood by putting up a video that splices images of you in between oiled up shirtless body builders.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fbDpoEBrg7\">pic.twitter.com\/fbDpoEBrg7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1675497360766402560?\">July 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Critics Question Buttigieg&#8217;s Effectiveness<\/h3>\n<p>The Democrat\u2019s critics have pointed to his preference for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/buttigiegs-story-perfectly-shows-terrible-time-transportation-sec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heated rhetoric<\/a> \u2014 without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-claudia-tenney-new-democrat-congressional-challenger-josh-riley-definition-of-d-c-swamp\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Rep. Claudia Tenney: New Democrat Congressional Challenger Josh Riley \u2018Definition of D.C. Swamp'\">delivering real results<\/a> for stranded air travelers.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg\u2019s inability to oversee America\u2019s transportation and travel has also spurred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pete-buttigieg-gets-bad-news-congressman-regarding-handling-ohio-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">congressional scrutiny<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/furious-airline-passengers-rage-pete-buttigieg-face-holiday-travel-nightmare\/\">Furious Airline Passengers Rage at Pete Buttigieg as They Face Holiday Travel Nightmare<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The airlines&#8217; ongoing battle with dysfunction persists as over 2,000 flights faced delays before the Fourth of July weekend. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg faced criticism from travelers amidst cancellations, raising doubts about his dedication to protecting air travel consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":1962944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1962943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1962943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1962944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}