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Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Disrupt Travel for Second Straight Day

The national air space has long been reeling from a staffing crisis among air traffic controllers, as the F.A.A. grapples with a shortage of about 3,000 controllers.

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An air traffic control tower at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago in 2023. Staffing shortages were expected to delay flights by over 40 minutes at O’Hare.
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