SALT LAKE CITY — The countdown is underway for the air traffic slowdown scheduled to go into place Friday at dozens of airports across the country, including Salt Lake City, but how will it be implemented?

While FAA officials have said the 10% reduction in travel will take pressure off air traffic controllers who have gone without pay during the ongoing government shutdown, experts in the air travel industry are skeptical.

"A 10 percent cut on domestic-only flights is also not necessarily going to reduce the need for controllers. Maybe it reduces the workload a little bit, but it seems like a fairly haphazard band-aid type of solution to try and improve things and show the government is trying to do something," shared Brett Snyder, president of Cranky Flier, an airline industry blog.

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