Airlines blame FAA for flight delays as July 4 approaches

The airline, which has been monitored for widespread flight disruptions, said the federal aviation agency's understaffed "crippled" traffic along the east coast in the country's airspace. Renewed criticism of the government agency that controls.

Airlines for America, the largest airline in the United States, said on Friday that he would like to know the FAA's staffing plans for the holiday weekend of July 4th.

Comments from industry groups are preemptive defense if airlines again suffer thousands of canceled and delayed flights on holiday weekends when travel is expected to set new highs in the pandemic era. May be useful as.

"In the industry, keeping customers happy is an essential benefit of the airline, and to return to future business, be as aggressive and agile as possible to create a positive customer experience. We are working on it, "said Nicholas Cario, President of the Trade Division. The group said in a letter to Transport Secretary Pete Butidieg.

Calio dropped 15% of the flights originally planned by the airline from June to August to increase the reliability of the remaining flights. Said that. They hire and train more pilots and customer service agents, giving passengers more flexibility to change their travel plans.

Calio said that air traffic is often interrupted "hours" because of the FAA's delays due to bad weather.

"But it has also been observed that FAA (Air Traffic Control) staffing challenges have led to traffic restrictions under blue sky conditions," he added.

The FAA counterattacked, referring to the taxpayer's money received by the airline after a pandemic and devastating air journey.

"People expect to buy a ticket and get it where they need it, safely, efficiently, reliably and affordably," the FAA said in a statement. "Americans deserve to live up to their expectations after receiving $ 54 billion in pandemic bailouts to save airlines from massive layoffs and bankruptcies."

FAA is a busy area He said he added a controller to and added an alternative route to keep the plane moving.

A comment from the head of the aviation industry group is that Butigieg convenes an airline leader to a virtual conference and categorizes an airline that does not meet the consumer protection standards set by his department, including the FAA. It was a week after threatening to punish.

Buttigieg said he called the conference after being wary of numerous flights ofcanceled before and after Memorial Day. Tracking service Flight Aware.

Thunderstorms can cause air traffic to scream rapidly during the summer, but airlines also admit that there is a shortage of staff. They are rapidly hiring to replace the tens of thousands of workers the airline paid to quit when travel collapsed in 2020. Pilot union leaders say their group is growing to thelimitand reports that more pilots are tired.

The FAA admits that there is a shortage of personnel, especially at major air traffic control centers in Florida.

According to Calio, the facility near Jacksonville, Florida has been understaffed for 27 of the last 30 days, "hindering the overall flow of traffic on the east coast. "apparently.

According to FlightAware, more than 500 US flights were canceled and more than 2,300 flights were delayed by early Friday afternoon. But when the east coast thunderstorm contributed more than 800 cancellations and 6,600 delays, it was better than Thursday.

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