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FAA On Travel Delays: Get Used To It
coondoggie writes "The term sequestration has certainly become a four-letter word for many across the country — and now you can count business and regular traveling public among those hating its impact. The Federal Aviation Administration today issued a blunt statement on the impact of sequestration on the nation's air traffic control system, which this week begain furloughing about 10% of air traffic controllers for two days or so per month. It reads as follows: 'As a result of employee furloughs due to sequestration, the FAA is implementing traffic management initiatives at airports and facilities around the country. Travelers can expect to see a wide range of delays that will change throughout the day depending on staffing and weather-related issues. ... Yesterday more than 1,200 delays in the system were attributable to staffing reductions resulting from the furlough.'"
U.S. Democrats and Republicans spent the day using the FAA's statement as political fodder rather than working on resolving sequestration.
U.S. Democrats and Republicans spent the day using the FAA's statement as political fodder rather than working on resolving sequestration.
The Republicans got what they wanted: Spending cuts. Who gives a flying fark through a rolling doughnut how badly it was implimented? Now we all have to suffer because a bunch of fat bastards in suits can't behave any better than children. A better idea would have been to pass a law saying that if they couldn't agree on a budget they'd all be fired.
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The only reason we are "spending more" this year is because mandatory entitlement programs (unaffected by the sequester) are included in the federal budget.
Technically, we haven't had a 'federal budget' in years. Harry Reid won't allow a sensible one to come to the floor of the Senate. He only allows Obama's jokes to be entered, which event the Democrats can't bring themselves to vote for.
If you think I voted for Trump because of this post, you're wrong. I voted for Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party. Again.
The sequester is not bunk - any time you mess with an agency's funding, it will cause issues. (Plans get made in advance, hiring and other spending gets committed to, etc.) However, there seems to be an aspect of a "statue of liberty" play here. In this context, this does not refer to a football play, but to a (possibly hypothetical) Park Service tendency to respond to budget cuts by closing the Statue of Liberty, instead of some remote park entrances in the back-of-beyond.
Statue of Liberty plays are used because they get people's attention, which the FAA has certainly done.