U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is raising fears of aviation meltdowns that could impact Thanksgiving travelers, if Congress doesn’t end the federal government shutdown.

“I don’t want to be Chicken Little to you,” Duffy said during a briefing Tuesday at O’Hare International Airport . “If the government doesn’t open, if the House doesn’t do its job, I’ve had questions about ‘What happens for Thanksgiving?’ I’m going to tell you, we are not going to get to Thanksgiving.”

Major disruptions could conceivably hit this weekend, he noted.

To counter absences by air traffic controllers who are going unpaid, the Federal Aviation Administration reduced flights by 4% starting Nov. 7 at 40 U.S. airports, including O’Hare and Midway International Airport . They raised that to 6% Tuesday

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