Traveling during the holidays is always stressful, and there's a chance it might get even more stressful this year thanks to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
On Wednesday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced he is ordering a 10 percent cut in flights at 40 U.S. airports, Reuters reported in an exclusive . Why? The U.S. government is on the 36th day of its longest shutdown in history (the previous record was set by the first Trump administration ). As a result, there are concerns about air traffic control safety as 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 Transportation Security Administration agents work without pay, according to Reuters. The timing couldn't be worse for people planning to visit family or friends over the fall and winter holidays.
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