‘Going to get worse’: US transport secretary's ‘Thanksgiving’ warning over air travel amid govt shutdown

US transport secretary Sean Duffy on Sunday warned that a “substantial” number of Americans will not be able to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families as air travel could be “reduced to a trickle” due to the prolonged government shutdown. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, after the FAA announced that it will reduce flights by 10 per cent at 40 major airports nationwide, amid air traffic control staffing shortages resulting from the federal government shutdown. (