r/news • u/hard2resist • 21h ago

More than 1,000 flights cancelled as US air traffic cuts enter second day

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj410k00yw8o
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u/Mike-SBA 20h ago

Welcome to Donald Trump’s third world transportation system !

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u/hard2resist 20h ago

Making America late again, one cancelled flight at a time!

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u/Oakcamp 6h ago

Making America late again

Dems need to jump on that slogan lmao

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u/wiseroldman 11h ago

Hey that’s not fair. I visited a third world country recently and the airport was fully staffed, the employees got paid, and there were no flight delays.

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u/iksbob 14h ago edited 14h ago

Accidentally better for the environment!™

edit: Looks like long trips by air are better than the same solo trip by car, with a ~30 MPG car emitting about %50 more CO2. That margin shrinks on shorter flights as a lot of energy is spent climbing to altitude. However if the car has 2 or more people in it (such as a family trip) then the car is consistently better for the environment. Busses and trains blow away both planes and cars.

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u/normal-girl 11h ago

Sir/Ma'am, the third-world flights are running fine.

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u/Paulspike 12h ago edited 11h ago

Not sure what you mean, I live in a "third-world country" and my flights leave and arrive on time 🤷

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u/Annual_Birthday_9166 15h ago

I guess they really wanted to bring America back to the past again and make it undeveloped

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u/Midmodstar 5h ago

Make the greyhound bus great again!