Pilots are sounding off to passengers as travel stress from the government shutdown reaches fever pitch

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Screens show flights status at Terminal B at LaGuardia airport in the Queens borough of New York City on day 41 of the government shutdown, on November 10, 2025.
Flight woes across airports in the US have prompted some pilots to make in-cabin announcements to their passengers — to sound off, and reassure them.

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Flight cancellation updates: FAA cuts have hit airports across the US as the shutdown persists

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Travelers in line for security at George Bush International Airport in Houston
TSA wait times have jumped in recent weeks amid the government shutdown

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The government shutdown is now disrupting travel plans for thousands.

Airlines have been ordered to cancel thousands of flights due to the government shutdown. Here's what they're telling passengers.

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Passengers line up to check in at the LaGuardia Airport in New York, the United States, on Oct. 31, 2025.
Passengers lining up at New York's LaGuardia Airport last Friday.

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A United Airlines bomb threat caused a ground stop at Reagan Airport

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A United plane at DCA.
A United flight received a bomb threat.

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A United plane that suffered a broken windshield while flying at 36,000 feet may have hit a weather balloon

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An United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to Baltimore on March 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max.

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United just took subtle shots at its rivals Delta and American — over these two separate things

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The United Next cabin with a flight attendant in the aisle serving drinks.
The "United Next" cabin on a Boeing 737 Max 8 in full view.

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A United flight from Paris to DC had to U-turn to avoid flying across the Atlantic without enough working bathrooms

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A United Airlines Boeing 767 is at London Heathrow Airport in London, United Kingdom, on June 10, 2023.
A United Airlines Boeing 767.

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A United flight to Greenland U-turned after airport security staff were told they weren't properly trained to screen the passengers

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A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to Baltimore on March 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max.

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United passengers from New York to London endured a flight to nowhere and an 11-hour delay — then got to the UK after their original plane

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A Boeing 767-424 of United Airlines takes off from Berlin-Brandenburg
A United Airlines Boeing 767.

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Mexico City's airport flooded, forcing flights to nowhere and diversions like a landing 800 miles away

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Soldiers remove water from a flooded house following heavy rainfall in Mexico City, Mexico, August 10, 2025.
Soldiers removed water from a flooded house in Mexico City on Sunday.

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