FAA starts grounding flights

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00:00Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned us, and now he's making good. He's canceling flights

00:06due to the government shutdown. Now, Duffy says the FAA will slash 10% of U.S. flights in 40 major

00:12cities beginning tomorrow. That could mean the grounding of as many as 4,000 flights. Not what

00:19you want to hear as we head into the holiday season. He stopped short of revealing which

00:23airports will be the most impacted and assured the country that the measure is proactive and not

00:28reactive. It's not due to a current threat to the safety of air travelers. The move will give some

00:34relief to overworked air traffic controllers who are working without pay thanks to the ongoing and

00:39record-breaking government shutdown. The lack of funding comes on top of an already well-reported

00:46shortage of those air traffic controllers across the country.