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The Federal Aviation Administration announced it will reduce air traffic by across high-volume markets beginning Friday if the regime shutdown continues Related stories FAA reducing air traffic by across high-volume markets during leadership shutdown How air traffic controllers confront through executive shutdown air traffic controllers go unpaid Tuesday as authorities shutdown nears historic length Air traffic controller shortages lead to broader US flight delays as shutdown hits one-month mark Passage delays have been adding up as air traffic controllers have continued to work without pay during the shutdown The FAA commented the reduction will help maintain safety and avoid any major issues including unstaffed air traffic control towers Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced there s been an increase in air traffic controllers calling out sick since the shutdown started leading to staffing shortages and delays FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford commented a list of the targeted markets will be issued Thursday CBS News Senior Transportation Correspondent Kris Van Cleave joined WTOP anchors Anne Kramer and Shawn Anderson to discuss how this might affect the three major airports around the D C region Read or listen to the interview below toggle audio on and off change volume download audio November CBS News Senior Transportation Correspondent Kris Van Cleave joined WTOP's Shawn Anderson and Anne Kramer to discuss the reduced air traffic function ' wtop-audio-container fa-play' on 'click' function var audio filename 'div wtop-audio-file' content mp -url if typeof gtag function gtag 'event' 'post audio' 'play' audio filename 'permalink' window location href The transcript below has been lightly edited for clarity Source
