BySara Dorn,
Forbes Staff.
The government shutdown is expected to end as soon as Wednesday with the House poised to approve legislation that passed the Senate to resume funding—but it could take weeks for operations to resume normally after the record-long shutdown.
Flights: It could take airlines days or weeks to rebuild their flight schedules and stabilize staffing issues caused by air traffic controller absences, experts told USA Today and CNN, noting Thanksgiving travel plans could be affected.
The shutdown has also resulted in more permanent employee losses as more air traffic controllers retired, in addition to those who stopped showing up for work because they were working without pay—Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said 15 to 20 per day retired during the shutdown, compared to about four on a typical day.
