Airlines are calling on federal authorities to bolster FAA staff and spending after its technological glitch earlier this week.
More than 1K flights were cancelled nationwide on Wednesday after a computer system outage grounded almost all U.S. flights. Kyle Potter with Thrify Traveler spoke with LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow about the outage and the future impacts.Airline executives bristled last year when government officials, led by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, blamed the carriers for causing thousands of flight cancellations and mistreating their customers.
— while it fixed a system that provides safety and other information to pilots and airline dispatchers. He said it showed that safety comes first. Bastian said the FAA's lack of adequate staffing is causing longer flight times and making it harder to operate in congested parts of the Northeast and Florida.
Late Friday, more than 120 members of Congress said in a letter to Buttigieg that "the FAA was well aware of the issues facing the NOTAM system" which failed this week. NOTAM stands for notice to air missions.
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