Flight delays at America’s airports got worse this week, as the government enters day 31 of the shutdown and air traffic controllers are going without pay. Orlando International Airport in Florida saw an average delay of 2.7 hours overnight because there weren’t enough air traffic controllers on staff. And Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has suggested that Americans can expect things to get even worse this weekend.

Duffy said that weekdays can be a bit easier and weekends are tougher for air traffic, given there’s more travel on the weekend. But the Transportation Secretary also noted that we’re currently benefiting from the fact that the weather isn’t too bad yet, relative to the winter months, and the busy travel season hasn’t started. Things are only going to get worse if this st

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