Airline passengers are grappling with an increase in flight delays and cancellations after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced new flight reductions to boost safety across airports that are severely understaffed amid the government shutdown.

All commercial airlines have been impacted by the FAA’s directive requiring the companies to scale back flights by 4 percent — with an eventual increase to a 10 percent reduction later this month.

The goal is to prevent additional turmoil for air traffic controllers who have been working without pay for more than a month while working six-days a week with mandatory overtime, as reported by The Associated Press.

“You can’t expect people to go in to work when they’re not getting a paycheck,” Kelly Matthews of Flat Rock, Mich., a freque

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