well it’s the Obama Admin that’s running the show , so are they borrowing less money
Fellow FReepers...the ill-informed get their news from social media. Post to Facebook, Twitter, etc that these delays are a deliberate act of the Obama Administration because Republicans cut $44 billion out of a $3.8 trillion budget.....less than 1%.
This is punishment for not agreeing to higher taxes. A Chicago thug’s extortion racket.
The H with all of them. I was going to stay home anyway.
"And meanwhile, if you look at the Dept of Transportation’s website, one of the top stories recently was to announce a nearly $500 million grant program that will be focused on “making communities more livable and sustainable.” WTF?!?! They’ve also announced a “Women in Transportation History Online Exhibit.”
"So, you know, we have that. You might not be able to make it to your destination on time, and you might be stuck in airports for hours, but at least you can check out an exhibit on women in transportation history. PRIORITIES."
“The furloughing of FAA employees is having an impact on the aviation system and the flying public is noticing.”
Which is EXACTLY what they want to happen.
In the most visible and painful way possible, then blame REPUBLICANS for it.
And the media is playing right along with it.
Meanwhile, total cuts to the FAA’s fleet of Executive transport aircraft? ZERO....
"Ponder this logic, if that's the right word: The sequester cuts about $637 million from the FAA, which is less than 4% of its $15.9 billion 2012 budget, and it limits the agency to what it spent in 2010. The White House decided to translate this 4% cut that it has the legal discretion to avoid into a 10% cut for air traffic controllers. Though controllers will be furloughed for one of every 10 working days, four of every 10 flights won't arrive on time."
Plus, doesn't each and every flyer pay for those services in the extra price which is over and above the ticket price?
If we are actually paying extra on every leg (airport) of our trip but Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi (who has her own plane) and Barry Soerto Obama, is telling us that our trips must be delayed because of the so-called "sequester" which didn't cut one red cent out of FAA's billions but just didn't raise it as much as they were "supposed to get," yet they are keeping our money AND refusing us service!!!!
I'd say it's time for another trip, this time to Washington, to tell them whom they work for and fire them if they refuse!
I was stuck 4 hours in Cleveland yesterday, on a delay United Airlines flight. The flight attendant made sure to tell us the delay was 100% the FAA fault. Bad thing is it cost UA $10 per person in meal vouchers, for something they had no control over.
I guess the polling data says that business travelers vote overwhelmingly Republican.
Except of course the airports in Washington DC,we must not inconvenience the betters among us,better known as politicians.
Just this morning it became public knowledge republican and democrat leadership and Obama administration people are working to carve out an exemption for congressman and their aids from obamacare! They fear a brain drain if the annoited ones will have to pay thousands more in health care premiums. Well I sure would not want that,but who cares that my premiums have already gone up over 2 thousand dollars! They were supposed to go down 2500 dollars.
It’s time for millions of pissed off people to head to Washington with our sporting equipment