, which oversees the nation’s air traffic control system, for United’s weekend troubles in a Monday memo to employees. But the carrier’s union pointed to internal issues at United, including with scheduling crews, as a sign that an air traffic controller shortage was not the only factor. Aby Sara Nelson, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, showed people resting on cots set up at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
JetBlue, which has struggled with inclement weather in New York, said it regretted that storms and related air traffic control problems and ground stops had affected customers. Those measures have limited the number of flights the carrier can operate.
Weather has also been a significant factor throughout the week. The FAA on Wednesday afternoon issued a ground stop for Newark and LaGuardia airports because of thunderstorms. Another factor that looms is, which could force flight restrictions as it did at airports in several U.S. cities last month, including New York, Washington and Philadelphia.
It comes after FAA officials on Sunday temporarily halted flights into the D.C. area’s three major airports — Baltimore-Washington International Marshall, Reagan National and Dulles International — as workers rushed to
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