Flight delays hit travelers ahead of Thanksgiving amid government shutdown

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Air traffic in the U.S. could “slow to a trickle” if the federal government shutdown lingers into the busy Thanksgiving travel holiday season, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday.

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00:00I wish the shutdown wasn't happening because we need, especially during the holidays, we

00:23need these people to work so that we can have a good holiday. And air traffic controls,

00:30yes, yes, we need them. I was coming from Tampa and that flight got delayed, delayed,

00:42delayed. Then it was canceled and then rebooked. And so I had to stay at a hotel and then came

00:48back this morning.

00:53Everything looked like it was good until you get the notification that you're on your

00:59way. Oh, you got a delay. That's what happened with me.

01:04And the other day getting from Mobile to here, my original flight got canceled, but I was

01:15able to get on an earlier flight. So it really didn't affect me at all. So I'm just keeping

01:19my fingers crossed.

01:21I had booked a hotel in Atlanta to stay. It's not been a good day.

01:26We were just actually talking about how we're glad that we don't have another one coming up.

01:30We're now home.

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