{"id":1973363,"date":"2023-07-14T17:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T21:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-buttigieg-shrugs-off-air-travel-delays-to-air-traffic-controllers\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T17:02:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T21:02:52","slug":"pete-buttigieg-shrugs-off-air-travel-delays-to-air-traffic-controllers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-buttigieg-shrugs-off-air-travel-delays-to-air-traffic-controllers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Buttigieg dismisses air travel delays for air traffic controllers."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fpete-buttigieg-shrugs-off-air-travel-delays-to-air-traffic-controllers%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=1973363&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>Pete Buttigieg Addresses Flight Delays and Improving Air Travel<\/h2>\n<p>Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, recently appeared on CNBC to shed light on the behind-the-scenes challenges of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/months-after-buttigieg-promised-to-hold-southwest-accountable-airline-delays-hundreds-of-flights\/\" title=\"Months After Buttigieg Promised To Hold Southwest 'Accountable,' Airline Delays Hundreds of Flights\">mass flight delays<\/a>. He tackled questions about enhancing the efficiency of the approximately 50,000 daily takeoffs and landings across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg emphasized the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/airlines-could-be-forced-to-pay-passengers-for-delays-cancellations-under-proposed-new-rule\/\" title=\"New rule may require airlines to compensate passengers for delays and cancellations.\">holding airlines accountable<\/a> for their performance, investments, and scheduling. However, he also stressed the need for the public sector to step up and play its part. &#8220;As a country, we must ensure that we are investing in our airports, runways, taxiways, and most importantly, our people,&#8221; he stated. He specifically highlighted the significance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-buttigieg-shrugs-off-air-travel-delays-to-air-traffic-controllers\/\" title=\"Pete Buttigieg dismisses air travel delays for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/search-and-rescue-teams-at-site-of-indonesian-plane-crash\/\" title=\"Search and rescue teams at site of Indonesian plane crash\">air traffic controllers<\/a>.&#8221;>providing air traffic controllers<\/a> and other FAA personnel with the necessary technology and training.<\/p>\n<h3>Investing in Training at New York Terminal Radar Approach Control<\/h3>\n<p>Buttigieg pointed out the need for training at the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), which manages the airspace around three major airports in the New York City area. In a notice published in March, the agency revealed that TRACON was operating at only 54% capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Nationwide, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that air traffic controllers are currently staffed at approximately 81%, with a total of 21,250 workers. This number falls short of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-lowers-unemployment-to-pre-pandemic-levels-after-state-rejected-lockdowns\/\" title=\"South Dakota Lowers Unemployment to Pre-Pandemic Levels After State Rejected Lockdowns\">pre-pandemic levels<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO of United Airlines echoed Buttigieg&#8217;s concerns in an internal memo from July 1, attributing a series of flight cancellations in June to short-staffing at the FAA.<\/p>\n<p>Since April, the FAA has made a commitment to hiring more air traffic controllers to address these staffing challenges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, discussed flight delays on CNBC. He aimed to shed light on the process behind mass delays and improve the efficiency of the 50,000 daily takeoffs and landings in the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1973364,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1973363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1973363","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1973363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1973364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1973363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1973363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1973363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}