US transport secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday warned that if the federal government shutdown continues for one more week, it would disrupt air journey by worsening employees shortages, inflicting lengthy queues at airports and forcing the closure of elements of US airspace.“So should you deliver us to per week from at this time, Democrats, you will note mass chaos… You will note mass flight delays,” he stated at a information convention in Philadelphia, as quoted by information company AFP.“You may see mass cancellations, and you might even see us shut sure elements of the airspace, as a result of we simply can't handle it as a result of we do not have the air visitors controllers.”With US Congress nonetheless deadlocked over well being care funding, the shutdown is on monitor to turn out to be the longest in US historical past. Public companies proceed to be affected as Trump's Republicans and Democrats stay unable to succeed in an settlement.Greater than 60,000 air visitors controllers and Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) employees are at present working with out pay. The White Home has warned that rising absenteeism amongst employees may result in delays at airport safety checkpoints.In the course of the 2019 shutdown, one of many two longest shutdowns at 35 days, comparable employees shortages and sick calls from airport staff had been a key consider ending the standoff.Within the newest effort to reopen the federal government, a Home-approved decision failed once more within the Senate on Tuesday, marking the 14th rejection.Democrats say reopening the federal government requires negotiation led by Trump on their demand to increase subsidies that assist tens of millions of People afford medical health insurance. Trump has stated he is not going to negotiate with Democrats till the shutdown ends.
