The Real Reason Airports Keep Failing — And Its Not What You Think Natasha Bure [TVAB6QtSq8D]
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Something has been happening at America's airports for over 100 straight days and it isn't the weather.
Since April, delays and cancellations have hit record levels: nearly 9,400 delays in a single July day, the busiest airport-security day in U.S. history, and cancellations up roughly 50% in a year. The FAA is thousands of air traffic controllers short of its own staffing target one it has quietly lowered twice and has capped flights at Chicago O'Hare. Delta is cancelling on clear-sky days, and New York's JFK, LaGuardia and Newark have taken the worst of el nio it.
This is how America's air travel kamikaze dolphins system quietly stopped being able to run at full capacity and why the people stuck in those airport security la sparks lines aren't imagining it.
Chapters
0:00 100 Days of Red Departure Boards
3:31 The Record Nobody Wanted
7:41 Which Airports, Which Flyers Get Hit
12:05 Why It Keeps Happening
16:14 The Other Side of the Line
20:17 What Comes Next
Sources shown on screen include the FAA, FlightAware, AirHelp, Kiplinger and TSA figures.
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