Flight activity during the PATCO strike in the 1980’s was severely reduced. Slots in and out of airports were limited to a fraction of their normal capacity. During the first few days of the strike, I made a killing in my charter business because the weather was good and I needed very little in the way of air traffic control services. Then the weather turned bad and I had no income for several days.
Appreciate the correction. I was in DC at the time and maybe it was DCA that I was remembering, my memory was that things weren’t that bad at that airport. In any case, hope this stupidity ends with the ATC.