The US Senate has passed a bill to end the longest federal government shutdown in the history of the country, prompting praise from United Airlines.
As staffing levels dropped due to fatigue and financial strain, the FAA enacted ground delay programs at some of the busiest hubs in the country. Airlines were forced to preemptively trim schedules, not due to weather or demand, but purely because there were not enough controllers to safely move airplanes. The messaging from carriers became increasingly direct: this was not a capacity crunch, it was a staffing emergency.
After eight Democratic senators broke ranks with their party on Sunday night to vote for cloture, allowing a spending bill to advance toward a full vote, United Airlines issued a pointed statement:
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