Air traffic to the Hollywood Burbank airport would be remotely managed for six hours on Monday night causing delays for travellers
Hollywood Burbank airport in Los Angeles will have no air traffic control staff for nearly six hours on Monday evening, as the effects of the US government shutdown rippled across the country.
From 4.15pm until 10pm, the Federal Aviation Administration anticipates there will be no air traffic controllers in their tower, although the FAA has said it is trying to bring in staffing sooner than that, according to ABC News.
Some 13,000 air traffic controllers and about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers must still turn up for work during the shutdown. They are not being paid and controllers are set to miss their first paycheck on 14 October.
Transportation secretary Sean Duffy said that at times, air traffic staffing has been cut by 50% in some areas since the shutdown started last week.
