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Concerned about long security lines and flight cancellations, Rubina Hundal arrived to Chicago O’Hare International Airport very early for her flight this morning. 'I'm like, super stressed if I'm gonna make it to my flight, because the lines seem to be super long,' Hundal told NBC News.
'And every time I get an email from an airline saying, 'Oh, my God, we're really sorry,' and I'm like, please don't cancel my flight.' Hundal, who is Indian and lived in Canada prior to Chicago, said the government shutdown that has led to issues at airports across the U.S. and the discontinuation of federal benefits for many seemed 'absurd' to her. 'I just feel like, even the greatest economy on Earth is not immune to being indifferent about the lives of their people,' Hundal said. 'And that's actually kind of sad for me when I think about it, because beyond my flight delay, is just a blip in front of people who don't, who aren't getting their SNAP benefits, or people who are not getting paid, or who are getting furloughed.' Ilyse Strongin, who is traveling to Mexico for a spa retreat, also spoke about what the shutdown that has meant government workers, including air traffic controllers, are not getting paid to do their jobs. 'That's so unfair,' Strongin said. 'How can they tell their, you know, government employees to work and not get paid?' Mike Aremson said the shutdown's impact on air traffic controllers poses a safety concern for him. 'Just, these people are doing their jobs they're not getting paid,' he said. 'How would you do at your job without getting paid?' Duffy previously said flight delays and cancellations are ways to ensure safety. “But with this shutdown, it would be dishonest to say that more risk is not injected into the system,” he said. “There is more risk in the system.”
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