Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
The government just announced they are going to force the airlines to cut 10 percent of their schedules in certain markets. I guarantee you every major hub is on that list. If it’s not enough, they’ll force more. You don’t think a 10 percent forced reduction in flight schedules is a big deal? What if the government is shut down for a year? Eventually, the entire TSA and the controllers will just quit. This absolutely has potential to get really bad for us.
a 10% reduction (now 4%) over a random non holiday weekend in November won’t even be a blip on our long term radar. Crowd strike was an epic week long meltdown that started on one of the busiest travel days of the year, and we still made $5B last year.
no way this shutdown lasts another month let alone a year. I can’t even see it lasting through the weekend before thanksgiving. ATC just got their second $0.00 paycheck and I’m expecting this weekend to absolutely fall apart. Most Americans tolerance for an ideological crusade will vanish once they realize it might ruin their holiday plans. Hopefully the senate gets their head out of their @$$ and pays our ATC and TSA.