“Flights were delayed by up to two hours across the country on Monday,
the first weekday that the nation’s air traffic control system operated
with 10 percent fewer controllers. Pilots, gate agents and others were
quick to blame furloughs caused by mandatory across-the-board budget
cuts, but the Federal Aviation Administration said it was too soon to
tell,” the New York Times reports.
First Read: “For what it’s worth, this is what many in the Obama administration
warned about, but because it didn’t happen in the immediate days after
sequester kicked in, it was seen as hype. Now we’re seeing a PR battle
between congressional Republicans (who want to claim Obama is not
actively trying to avoid sequester fallout with the FAA) and the Obama
administration (which is saying it’s limited in what it can do and need
all of sequester rolled back to right this ship).”
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