Sean Duffy: “On Saturday, we reduced our flights by 4%, so 4% of…”

“And again, this shutdown is going to get us to a place where we can get controllers back in our facilities controlling the airspace. I want to bring up one issue that I'll take your questions. You saw on Friday, On Saturday, we reduced our flights by 4%, so 4% of commercial aviation had to be canceled. Now, some have claimed that this was based on politics, this was based on pressure. And I would just tell you that this information, to do this reduction in flights by 4%.” (07:30–07:39)

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