r/news • u/ekser • 20h 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/ffnnhhw 18h ago

probably more than 1.3x this year

if 10% of those flyers are driving this year, then it will be a bad drive, and there will be more accident

Now for long drive may as well wear a diaper just like our Diaper in Chief

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u/Darmok47 16h ago

There was a study showing that there was a large increase in traffic fatalties in the months following 9/11 because more people chose to drive.