800 Flights Ghosted: FAA's Thanksgiving Shutdown Shuffle
Brace your gratitude hats for the FAA's latest Thanksgiving screech! Starting Nov 7, Sean Duffy's FAA cuts ops by 4%, aiming to strut up to 10% by Nov 14, canceling 800 flights and spooking Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, and 38 other airports. Thanks to America's longest-ever government shutdown, heroic air traffic controllers are balancing high-stress invisible paycheck diets â still showing up sick like caffeine zombies. Duffy warns âmass chaosâ as over 4,500 flights delayed/canceled mid-week! FlightAwareâs got logs, but honestly, who will look when your plans are airborne nightmares? Fly woke, but donât expect paychecks!
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If you thought holiday chaos was just shopping lines, meet Sean Duffy's FAA cancelling 800 flights & raising chaos levels by 10% by Nov 14. Nothing says grateful like working without pay while your flight evaporates. Thanks, longest shutdown ever!
When your Thanksgiving travel plans are turned into an FAA-powered destruction derby, remember: air traffic staff are unpaid ghost pilots heroically calling in 'sick' like Hogwarts dropouts.
FAA cancelling flights from 4% to 10% faster than you can say 'government shutdown.' Because nothing says festive like government employees ghosting their paychecks and your travel dreams.
Source: Axios | Published: 11/7/2025 | Author: Julianna Bragg
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