WATCH: Exasperated Pilot Urges Flight Passengers to ‘Call Your Senator’ Amid Shutdown Delays

Tom Durante Nov 10th, 2025, 11:24 am

An exasperated pilot instructed his passengers to “call your senator” as airlines continue to be hit with massive delays sparked by the historic government shutdown.

In the video posted to TikTok on Sunday, the unnamed Southwest Airlines pilot appeared outside the cockpit to level with passengers during what user gapster27 described as nothing short of a travel nightmare: “TSA took 2 hours… flight was delayed 2 hours… And now we will be sitting on the runway for 2 hours.”

“I don’t really care what your political persuasion is, but you should really call your senator,” the pilot said. “Because, I’ll tell ya, this is costing the airlines millions of dolla

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