The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is going to be threatening hefty civil penalties on a handful of airlines, after multiple carriers notably fell short of the government-mandated schedule cuts that were put in place during the US government shutdown earlier this fall. An emergency order required carriers to trim flight operations at around 40 major airports all across the country in order to ease pressure on short-staffed air traffic control facilities.

A later audit of flight schedules and timing data revealed that many airlines continued to fly something close to their normal schedules. The FAA will now be seeking fines of up to $75,000 per non-compliant flight, with investigative letters set to go out to carriers that exceeded their caps . This standoff highlights how shu

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