Trump Officials to Cut Air Traffic in 40 Major Markets if Shutdown Continues
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/politics/faa-flights-air-traffic-government-shutdown.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zE8.dWYA.D7FWCdOPE5qP&smid=nytcore-android-share
Posted by learning2art1
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1. Regardless of your thoughts on the economic idiocy of this administration, this is probably a no brainer. Without pay and with existing stresses on the TSA and ATC, this is something you don’t mess around with.
2. Add this to the economic costs of the shutdown. The issue is that, for the most part, most of the economic “losses” (GDP loss, mostly) from the shutdown are made back in future quarters (best estimates I’ve currently seen say Q4GDP will fall from 4 to 1%, with it made back over the next several quarters of 2026).
However, these losses (business and vacation delays) largely won’t be made up.
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The shutdown will end by the end of the week is my current prediction. One of the political parties playing chicken will fold. Given the election wins yesterday and the SCOTUS hearings today, snarled air travel will be the straw that breaks the camels back for the haves to apply pressure that the have nots simply don’t have the ability to do. I don’t think Congressional Republicans want that kind flaming, which they’ll deservedly get from multiple factions. Duffy knows this is squarely on him, he’s just throwing up a 4th quarter, end of game Hail Mary. The democrats will not cave on healthcare demands after yesterday.
There was a major cargo plane crash yesterday at Louisville, KY. While it appears to be an engine failure and not related to the ATC shortages, who’s to say the next one won’t be a passenger jet and air traffic related?
After the elections on Tuesday, the Dems are absolutely not going to be the ones chickening out. The GOP will cave one way or another. Either they will scrap the filibuster and force the CR through or Johnson will have to call the House back and provide a fully clean CR that funds the ACA.
At this point, the GOP should assume every week they keep the government closed that the Dems gain another point in the midterms. Also, I suspect many CEOs are telling the GOP it is over and they either reopen or see the money dry up.
I didn’t even know we had 40 “major markets”. Looks like that takes us to Providence, RI and Raleigh, NC.
We’ll see what they do, because some of the markets overlap (LAX and Ontario airport, for example, or BWI with the DC airports)
They will ruin Thanksgiving and Christmas in order to blame the libs and not allow any democrats to hold anymore seats. Basically holding the country hostage while they take more and more.
Perfect. Since this is exactly what MAGAs voted for. Right?
I think we can agree the majority of rural areas supported Trump.
How much do rural voters rely on air travel?
Vacations? Of course.
Shipping in materials? No idea. Probably not?
Exporting by air? Probably not?
Business trips? Probably not?
How much are they personally affected? Honestly I can’t guess.
But I expect will see.
Fuck these guys, they really want to lose the midterms. The republicans really are morons. Don’t feed kids and oh by the way let’s fuck around with everyone’s vacations plans. Stupid idiots….
So since my previous comment was deemed “too short”, I’ll elaborate.
I just took a new job (yes…a promotion) that will require me to travel every other week from my home through O’Hare to my place of employment.
I am extraordinarily uncomfortable with a “cut in air traffic” because travel IS a condition of my employment.
Does anyone here know when it is too late to do anything about 2026 ACA subsidies? Open enrollment is open, so I would _think_ it is already too late.
My thought is that once we pass that point, Dems should fold.
It was the perfect line to hold and they showed backbone for once, but whenever the ACA hikes are locked in for 2026, this just becomes a pissing contest.
Let MAGA win the battle and run on kicking millions off healthcare in the midterms. We’ll win the war.
I’m sure by “air traffic” they mean they will restrict unnecessary private air travel, right? I mean that would be the most practical to serve the most people if the commercial flights carrying many people were given priority.
I’m sure that’s what they’ll do, because that’s the best allocation of limited resources. Right!