Flight cancellations climb Tuesday as Trump warns controllers of ‘docking’

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00:00Even with the Senate voting to end the shutdown, the fallout is not over yet.

00:07Airlines are still canceling flights and frustrated travelers are stuck as the ripple effects keep spreading.

00:13The airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights on Monday, nearly 9,000 delayed.

00:18The hardest hit hubs, Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas-Fort Worth,

00:22where the FAA has ordered airlines to scale back flights as staffing shortages among air traffic controllers deepen.

00:29Controllers have now gone more than six weeks without pay,

00:32missing two paychecks as they work mandatory overtime just to keep flights moving.

00:36But President Trump turned up the pressure on them Monday,

00:40posting on Truth Social that all air traffic controllers must get back to work now.

00:45Anyone who doesn't will be substantially docked.

00:48He praised those still on the job as great patriots, promising $10,000 bonuses.

00:53Many passengers, though, say they put the blame squarely on the government, not the air traffic controllers.

00:59Who do you blame for?

01:01The government.

01:03I definitely don't blame the employees.

01:04Like, they should be getting paid.

01:06So it's definitely the government's fault.

01:08And it's like, pay your employees so that this doesn't happen to us.

01:11You know?

01:12The airlines, meantime, are bracing for more turbulence today.

01:15Another round of flight reductions set to kick in.

01:18In fact, carriers are required to reduce operations by at least six additional percent this morning at dozens of airports.

01:25That's according to the emergency order from the Transportation Department last week.

01:29That number reaches 10 percent by the end of the week unless the government is reopened.

01:33In fact, it's expected to be super

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