US Airlines Begin Cutting Flights Due to Shutdown

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00:00How are things playing out this morning?

00:04Well, we are seeing droves of people coming in on this Friday morning, but this is not uncommon,

00:08at least it's according to the people on the ground that we've been speaking with

00:11this morning so far. But there are about more than 40 cancellations here at EWR Airport.

00:16But it is important to know as we look more nationally, this is the 72nd worst day in terms

00:22of flight cancellations since January 2024. So the size and scope isn't necessarily catastrophic.

00:27A lot of analysts saying that it could be potentially benign. But of course, what still

00:31remains on the mind of travelers, those in the economy, a lot of leaders right now is when we're

00:35going to see an end to this government shutdown. And how much longer it goes on for? And if Lisa,

00:40this goes on until Thanksgiving week. Yeah, that's sort of the end date for a lot of people who say

00:46that would cause a lot of disruption, considering it's one of the busiest holiday seasons of the

00:50entire travel season. I just think it might be a little bit not acceptable if you think about

00:56some of the people. Anne-Marie's ready to give people a lift to California.

00:58I think that she's got her own if they want to ride. She's got her van ready.

01:02I'm just saying there are other ways. But yes, I've always said that this was going to be the

01:07breaking point for this government shutdown. And just publishing now, Greg Vallier agrees,

01:12the airline crisis pushed Congress closer to passing a stopgap funding measure,

01:15kicking the can down the road.

01:16Nora, I just want to come back to you briefly just for a quick follow-up question.

01:19Nora, when you speak to people on the ground, are they aware of the government shutdown?

01:22Just how unpopular is this thing at the moment with the general public?

01:28So in those I've spoken to thus far, they are aware of the government shutdown. I actually

01:32talked to some of the employees here at EWR, and they are saying that a lot of TSA agents here,

01:37they've experienced this before. This is not the first government shutdown that they've seen.

01:41So a lot of them seem, quote unquote, unfazed for the time being. But they are, of course,

01:45concerned as to whether or not this continues to prolong, being that this is the longest

01:49U.S. shutdown that we have seen thus far.