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When it comes to Super Bowl LIII, air traffic controllers are flying blind.
The government shutdown has already resulted in canceled planning meetings for the Feb. 3 game in Atlanta, and if the federal budget impasse continues, airport screeners and flight controllers at the busiest airport in the world will be working on game day for no pay.
Dan McCabe, a National Air Traffic Controllers Association representative, told NBC News that his colleagues had been holding meetings over the past year to prepare for the surge in travelers to the area. But now the planning meetings, which included officials from his union, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Football League, have been grounded.
"As soon as the shutdown happened, these meetings stopped happening," McCabe said. As a result, controllers feel less prepared than they'd like for the anticipated 1,500 additional flights a day to the area during Super Bowl week.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/all-bets-are-shutdown-s-impact-super-bowl-n959591
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)tantrum.
C_U_L8R
(45,040 posts)with unpaid pilots??? They may want skywrite their displeasure with Trump.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)then game attendees will need to figure out how to drive to Atlanta. I would guess that most people who can afford a Super Bowl ticket will probably have the means to take off a bit more time to drive to and from the game if they need to.
The vast majority of people who will watch the game will do so on television, and won't feel a thing.
You have to remember, Trump took on NFL football early on, and he was seen to have either won that battle, or at least went to a draw. He did not alienate his base with his nasty comments about kneeling versus standing.