Up to 20% of flights could be canceled in coming weeks if government shutdown drags on

This is not gonna fly!

Up to 20% of flights could be cut in coming weeks if the government shutdown drags on , Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Friday.

“If this continues, and I have more controllers who decide they can’t come to work, can’t control the airspace, but instead have to take a second job — with that, you might see 10% … go to 15% or 20%,” Duffy said at a news event in Washington, DC, according to the Hill.

Up to 20% of flights could be cut in coming weeks if the government shutdown drags on, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned. Getty Images

“You might see 10 % … go to 15% or 20%,” Duffy warned. REUTERS

The Federal Aviation Administration began cutting flights Friday at 40 major airports — causing more than 800 to be canceled — due to air traffic