Let the Flight Cuts Begin: Starting today, Seattle-Tacoman International Airport will start reducing flights. The Federal Aviation Administration announced the 10 percent reduction in flights across 40 high-traffic airports in order to provide relief to over-taxed and unpaid air traffic controllers doing their work during what is now the longest government shutdown in American history. At SeaTac, the cuts will slowly ramp up to 10 percent across several days. The cuts will initially target small domestic and regional flights, preserving international departures and those flights between bustling hub airports. Which flights get cut are very—forgive me—up in the air right now. Happy almost Thanksgiving?

Cuts Hit Nationwide: So far, around 800 U.S.-linked flights were cancelled as of Friday

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