The Federal Aviation Administration announced this week it will scale back flights by about 10% at forty of the nation’s busiest airports, a move that could ground thousands of departures per day. The reductions are set to take effect Friday morning. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Tuesday that the ongoing government shutdown is pushing the U.S. aviation system toward a breaking point.

“If you bring us to a week from today, Democrats, you will see mass chaos. You will see mass flight delays,” he said. “You’ll see mass cancellations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace, because we just cannot manage it because we don’t have air traffic controllers.”

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