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Re: US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages

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Post by mayneack » Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 3:54 PM UTC

Federal workers should start striking. I gather that in most cases they're explicitly prevented from striking, but I think there's a good chance that it's too unpopular to actually punish them.

Also yesterday some leadership of the flight attendants union called for a general strike until it was over: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/could-an-unlikely-av...

Re: US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages

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Post by exogeny » Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 3:55 PM UTC

mikenew wrote: post #5

I believe paychecks were due today. Missing two paychecks can be very painful for a lot of people. I would expect things to cascade pretty quickly from this point.

Very painful? Why not just take out a loan? Wilbur Ross whole-heartedly recommends it!

Re: US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages

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Post by mitchell_h » Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 3:55 PM UTC

I'm currently sitting in LGA waiting on a flight that was scheduled for 1:30pm. This sucks.

Re: US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages

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Post by Regolitch » Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 3:55 PM UTC

dentemple wrote: post #3

There'll be a lot of angry people if the same thing happens in Atlanta over Super Bowl weekend.

Had a coworker land there this morning after flying out of New York. Said atl was a total shit-show.

Re: US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages

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Post by thedaemon » Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 3:55 PM UTC

rkochman wrote: post #7

I’m glad to see this. The shutdown has been too “business as usual” for most Americans, while others are expected to work without pay, which is ridiculous.

This is caused slavery, government mandated slavery. I don't see how so many people can be okay with this happening. Why are we not outraged?

Re: US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages

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Post by chrisBob » Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 3:55 PM UTC

dentemple wrote: post #3

There'll be a lot of angry people if the same thing happens in Atlanta over Super Bowl weekend.

Why is Super Bowl travel such a big deal? Doesn’t the stadium only seat about 50k people anyway? I understand that the game is exciting, but I don’t see what travel to one venu would be news.

Re: US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages

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Post by flashdance » Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 3:55 PM UTC

Well, I'll be damned. It looks like there's going to be a general strike primarily organized by the US Government. I guess horseshoe theory is real after all.

Seriously though, it'll be interesting to see how much disruption is necessary to force the hand of the legislative and executive branch to finally fund the government.

Re: US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages

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Post by pc86 » Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 3:56 PM UTC

As of approximately 15 minutes ago the LGA ground stop has been replaced with a ground delay. There are still ground delay programs in effect at PHL and EWR.

Re: US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages

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Post by tanilama » Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 3:56 PM UTC

If something is broken, best way to start fixing it is to stop pretending it is still working. Good move.

Re: US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages

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Post by throwaway5752 » Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 3:56 PM UTC

exogeny wrote: post #12

mikenew wrote: post #5

I believe paychecks were due today. Missing two paychecks can be very painful for a lot of people. I would expect things to cascade pretty quickly from this point.

Very painful? Why not just take out a loan? Wilbur Ross whole-heartedly recommends it!

Oh, no! That wasn't what he meant. The president clarified that he meant to say that grocery stores and banks will work with you and extend you credit.