Flight numbers will continue to be reduced, and the only way to fix it is Democrats opening the “damn government,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said during a discussion with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle.

Boyle pointed to the recent announcement indicating that there will be a four percent reduction in flights across the country due to the government shutdown. That is expected to scale up to ten percent next week.

Offering a breakdown of the situation, Duffy said air traffic controllers are in a tight spot, expected to miss a second full paycheck, as the first was only partial.

“The second paycheck was flat zero. They just got noticed that the second full paycheck will be a big fat zero. That comes next week. And so there’s been a lot of pressure on the c

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