{"id":27023,"date":"2025-11-06T20:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T20:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27023\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T20:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T20:42:07","slug":"pittsburgh-travelers-bracing-for-impacts-after-faa-orders-10-reduction-in-flights-at-40-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27023\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh travelers bracing for impacts after FAA orders 10% reduction in flights at 40 airports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Travelers at Pittsburgh International Airport are bracing for reduced flight options, after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/trending\/faa-reduce-air-traffic-by-10-nations-40-busiest-airports\/BNAKSABQGJE7JPEJEUIDYKRQVA\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Federal Aviation Administration has ordered an up to 10% reduction in flights at 40 major airports nationwide starting Friday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Federal Aviation Administration has ordered an up to 10% reduction in flights at 40 major airports nationwide starting Friday<\/a>, citing safety concerns and staffing shortages caused by the ongoing government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Pittsburgh International Airport is not on the list of airports ordered to cut up to 10% of flights, travelers told Channel 11 they\u2019re bracing for ripple effects that could still disrupt their plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019ll make it harder for me to get to work,\u201d said traveler James Collingwood, who frequently flies across the country for power plant maintenance jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The FAA says the cuts are meant to ensure air travel safety as the agency faces a shortage of air traffic controllers. Officials report there are currently about 400 open controller positions nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other travelers, like Sandra Lynch, worry about what the reduction will mean for her own travel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI fly every couple weeks. I come home and see my daughter and my grandkids, go to my doctor appointments and stuff,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019ll affect me, oh my goodness, terribly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Many passengers expressed frustration at what they see as gridlock in Washington, prolonging the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYou don\u2019t have to agree on everything,\u201d one traveler said. \u201cBut there is a compromise somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to NBC News, cutting 10% of flights nationwide amounts to roughly 4,500 fewer flights each day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travelers at Pittsburgh International Airport are bracing for reduced flight options, after the Federal Aviation Administration has ordered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[12941,11353,7524,1014,73,75,6846,74,17698],"class_list":["post-27023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-air-traffic-controllers","tag-channel-11","tag-federal-aviation-administration","tag-government-shutdown","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-international-airport","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-staffing-shortages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}