The secretary of transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration have announced that starting Friday, there will be a 10% reduction in air traffic at 40 U.S. airports as the government shutdown continues.

Which 40 airports it will be was not announced on Wednesday. The Orlando International Airport said Wednesday that it had not been notified if it was one of the 40. MCO cutting 10% of its flights a day would impact about 100 flights.

This all comes down to safety, federal officials said. The administrator for the FAA said right now, things are running safely, but said they are seeing a level of pressure on certain systems that can't go unchecked and continue to be safe.

The secretary of transportation and the administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration announced an unp

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