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FAA halves flight cuts to 3% as airlines push for end
- On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration halved required domestic flight cuts at 40 major U.S. airports from 6% to 3%, effective Saturday, saying `The 3% reduction will remain in place while the FAA monitors system performance throughout the weekend and evaluates whether normal operations can resume`.
- Disruptions tied to absences since Oct. 1 led to tens of thousands of cancellations, prompting the FAA to reduce flight cuts from 6% to 3% at 40 airports starting Saturday after Congress reopened the government.
- Data from industry trackers show Cirium reported cancellations fell to 2% on Friday from 3.5% midweek, United Airlines canceled 134 flights Friday after 222 on Thursday, and major U.S. carriers largely resisted the 6% order while pressing to end cuts.
- On Friday, House Democrats, led by Rep. Rick Larsen, demanded safety data and wrote `It appears that the administration made this decision without adequate coordination with key aviation stakeholders`, while controllers received about 70% of owed back pay.
- The FAA faces a staffing shortfall of about 3,500 air traffic controllers, many worked mandatory overtime and six-day weeks before the shutdown, and the article's key takeaways were generated with large language model assistance and reviewed by the editorial team.
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