Longer Airport Security Lines, Fewer Flights with Sequestration
Sequestration could affect every traveler at airports nationwide, say U.S. Reps. Jim Moran, Gerry Connolly and U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine speaking from Reagan National Airport Monday.
Federal sequestration could mean fewer flights and increased wait times at airports, Virginia lawmakers said Monday. In addition to flight delays caused by sequestration, it threatens to close small- to mid-sized airports across the country. The massive, indiscriminate spending cuts Congress put in motion to force a budget compromise would cut $600 million from the Federal Aviation Administration if they go into effect Friday. Jobs on the Line Under sequestration, the FAA would have to furlough employees for 11 days — with as much as 10 percent of its workforce furloughed on any given day — and the agency would be unable to hire replacements for the 30 percent of its workers eligible to retire. Up to 2,200 air traffic controllers would be …
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Walter Hadlock
1:08 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Since the Washington Monument is already closed for earthquake related repairs, it looks like air travel has become the "Washington Monument" ploy when it comes to Sequestration. (As many readers might recall, in previous years when there was the possibility of a government shutdown over Congresses's inability to reach an accord on the budget, one of the publicized threats was "We'll have to … more ›