The Obama administration is heightening its warnings about looming budget cuts by emphasizing an area the traveling public already dreads: gridlock in the skies.
The White House rolled out Republican Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Friday to warn that sequestration would bring “calamity” to air travel by forcing the FAA to close dozens of control towers and eliminate overnight shifts at others, in turn prompting airlines to cancel or delay flights. Delays would be as much as 90 minutes, he said.
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