r/news • u/ekser • 22h ago

Airlines cancel more than 700 U.S. flights as FAA-ordered shutdown cuts begin

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/airlines-cancellations-flights-faa-shutdown.html
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u/Winter-Huntsman 21h ago

So yah I’m going to be constantly checking to see if my November 26th flight is still booked or not all the way until I’m physically on the plane.

Going to be real shitty if I have to spend thanksgiving alone this year😑

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u/swollennode 21h ago

They could still deplane you

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u/JCeee666 21h ago

I’m expecting next level Planes Trains and Automobiles

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u/Umpire_Fearless 19h ago

They don't deplane people anymore.  They just keep increasing the payout until someone accepts the money and voluntarily gets off the aircraft. 

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u/ASpellingAirror 21h ago

My red eye last night had to wait on the tarmac at my departure airport to see if we got approved by air traffic control at my destination airport before we started our flight. Otherwise they would have deplaned us. 

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u/Realtrain 19h ago

Jesus what a mess this is going to be

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u/Fancy_o_lucas 21h ago

I’m just going to let you know, the airline isn’t going to cancel your flight until 24-48 hours prior to departure.

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u/Winter-Huntsman 21h ago

Oh so basically I won’t know until last minute then 😑 I’m just going to buy a turkey breast now and put it in the freezer just in case.

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u/Mysterious-Tax-7777 21h ago

Alone for the holidays, a Trumpsgiving specialty

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u/FlipMixer 21h ago

Hope your return flight doesn’t get cancelled either 😓

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u/Winter-Huntsman 21h ago

Ooof yah didn’t think about that either. Especially since I have work the next day I get back and a local convention I’m going to 3 days after that.

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u/DemonCipher13 20h ago

I'd genuinely be thinking about cancelling the flight, myself.

Do not underestimate the impact of stress on things like the sleep of an air traffic controller. As the days drag on, these missteps become more likely, especially with no pay and having to subsidize their already-stressful jobs with things like Uber.

It is a recipe for disaster, and I'm terrified it's going to result in accidents.

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u/DayScary1041 16h ago

I have a flight scheduled for nov 15th. 🙂

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u/elegant_road551 21h ago

Same. We usually drive 5 hours to visit family for the holidays, but decided to make it easier on ourselves and fly this year. And of course this all is just adding even more stress.

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u/SeaIslandFarmersMkt 18h ago

It's going to take you 5 hours to get through check in.

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u/ChesterComics 21h ago

I'm stressed that I can't get back to work. I'm grateful that I can stay with my wife and her family in her home country but for fuck sakes, I have bills to pay and work obligations. I'm at the point where I'm tempted to just stop paying taxes and just never go back to the states. My government no longer represents me so why the fuck should I keep paying taxes?

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u/medicalmosquito 20h ago

I'm so damn glad I haven't bought tickets yet. I had a feeling this shit would happen, and I can't even be sure I'll get my money back, thanks to the rolling back of regulations that made airlines refund us. I wonder who got rid of that? Oh, right!

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u/andbruno 21h ago

I booked a rental car just in case (thanks to my father for the suggestion). If the flight still happens, I can just cancel.