Newark, NJ – Flight delays and cancellations persisted at Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday, with Senate Leader Chuck Schumer asking for an investigation In the “chaos” caused by A shortage of air traffic controller and a thick cloud covered.
Schumer, a New York Democrat, said he wants the investigation of an inspector general on delays and cancellations to prevent them from worsening or spreading. New Jersey Democratic governor, Phil Murphy, described the delays “completely and completely unacceptable” in an X position, and said that the Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is “committed” to hiring more air traffic controlle.
The delays in the busy airport on the outskirts of New York City arrived at the headlines during the weekend, since United Airlines said he was cutting 35 daily flights of his schedule.
As of Monday, The Federal Aviation Administration attributed delays in the flight that came from almost four hours to A combination of personnel and cloud coverage.
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The airport also faced interruptions last week.
The United CEO, Scott Kirby, told customers in a letter during the weekend that the technology used to manage airplanes at the New Jersey airport failed more than once in recent days.
The delays in the flight, the cancellations and deviations that the problems of the equipment caused were aggravated when more than a fifth of the Newark traffic controllers “came out of work,” he said.
Criticizing the Federal Aviation Administration alleged failure to address the challenges of “long submergence” related to the air traffic control system, United Airlines reduced 35 daily flights since its Newark schedule starting on Saturday.
The messages that were looking for comments were left with the air traffic controllers and the Federal Transportation Department, which supervises the FAA.
The Trump administration has said a “obsolete” air traffic control system You need to be fixed.
The administration says that it has been trying to “overfeed” the workforce of the air traffic controller and address the The nation’s scarcity shortage. Secretary of Transportation of the United States Sean Duffy Last week he announced a program to recruit new controllers and give existing incentives not to retire.
The National Association of Air Traffic Controllers, a workers’ union, said at that time that these movements could help address personnel scarcity, but also said that the system is ” Very delay for technology and infrastructure updates. “
United’s decision to support his flight schedule in Newark comes in an already uncertain period for US airlines. Potential clients throughout the industry are reconsidering whether to fly for work or for vacations given all unknowns about what President Donald Trump’s trade war will do to The economy.
Uncertainty is so high that United recently made the unusual movement of offering two separate forecasts on how could work financially this year: one if there was a recession and another if not.
United Fly to 76 American cities and 81 international destinations of Newark.
