Be aware of flight cancellations and delays due to sequester
Compliance with now famous “sequester” will soon may hit the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). According to the sequester each federal program including salaries paid to air traffic controllers are required to be cut by a certain percentage. Most Federal employees will be subject to work furloughs. If work hours of air traffic controllers are cut, it will definitely impact air travel resulting flight cancellation and delays. Published reports indicate that current flight delays due to bad weather or others in the U.S. stands at 3,000 a day. If furloughs take effect as planned this number could reach 6,000 flight delays and cancellation a day impacting air travelers on vacation or otherwise. The anticipated delays and cancellations are sure to put pressure on the Congress and the President to work together…