(WVNY/WFFF) - The now longest ever government shutdown has air travel strained; with TSA and airport workers going without pay. Starting on Friday, the administration is reducing air traffic at forty of the country's "highest volume" markets.

The Federal Aviation Administration says cutting flights is necessary to maintain safety as air traffic controllers have been spread thin. Just some of the airports seeing cuts include Boston-Logan, all three New York hubs, Chicago O'Hare. Plus, there's many more.

The U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy says, "We had to have a gut check of what is our job. Is it to make sure there's - you know - minimal delays or minimal cancellations or is our job to make sure we make the hard decisions to continue to continue to keep the airspace safe?"

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