WTFisWallace?
All Star
Haven't read the article yet.....but just clean it up.....Controllers are already calling out in high rates due to the shut down.....if it continues into the week, they expect/anticipate the call outs to highly increase.......little to no controllers = means drastically slowing down the rate of traffic.
Airspace the could typically handle 20+ planes in a 15 minute span, might get reduced to 1 or 2 as an example. For safety.
....and now that I've skimmed thru the article they do mention the call outs....I fee like it was a specific decision to leave that out of the headline.

