Following a White House roundtable with airline executives and labor leaders Thursday afternoon, Vice President J.D. Vance and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy held a press conference where they warned of growing pressure on the nation’s federal aviation workforce.

“I just want to hear from people about the stresses of the aviation industry in light of the fact of the shutdown,” Vance said. “Everybody here is very worried that we’re going to see more delays, more stresses on the people who are actually making the aviation system run … I worry about the air traffic controllers who, of course, make this entire system extra safe.”

Duffy said disruptions are growing worse at major airports as the shutdown continues.

“We’ve seen blips and flips—whether it’s LAX or it’s Atlanta or it’s Dal

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