Trump administration warns air travellers of another messy day
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Sunday morning it will take longer to get planes, crews and travellers to where they need to be.
On Sunday (Nov 15), the Trump administration warned that the chaos in air travel, caused by a no-takeoff order from Friday, may persist for another day, delaying the return to normal operations, according to US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. The administration stated that hundreds of additional flights were canceled and questions remained over how such chaos could occur in the world's largest economy.
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed faulty work to upgrade air traffic control communication cables for the large snafu on Friday, which was the second time such a ground stop had been issued in US airspace since the 9/11 attacks. President Donald Trump blamed his predecessor Joe Biden for the situation, stating that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had mishandled everything it touched, with expensive and unwise spending making the old and broken system worse than when they began.
Duffy has appealed for US$50 billion in funds to upgrade and modernize the air traffic control system, but Democrats quickly pointed out that Congress under Trump's Republicans could have already done this.
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