政府停摆第36天创纪录：联邦航空局将削减40个繁忙机场航班
11月5日，美国联邦政府停摆进入第36天，超过2018至2019年35天的旧纪录，成为美国历史上持续时间最长的政府停摆。停摆自10月1日开始，约1.3万名空中交通管制员和5万名运输安全管理局人员一直在无薪工作，管制员每周工作六天并强制加班，人手短缺已冲击全国航空运行。美国交通部长肖恩·达菲11月5日宣布，联邦航空局自11月6日（周五）起在全美40个繁忙机场削减航班，起步削减4%，11月14日前逐步升至10%，削减时段为每天上午6时至晚10时，覆盖亚特兰大、达拉斯、丹佛、洛杉矶、旧金山、迈阿密、奥兰多等枢纽。联邦航空局称这是史无前例的措施，目的是在人手不足的情况下保障空域安全。
11月2日当天，全美航班延误分钟数中有84%源于管制员人手短缺，而平时这一比例仅为5%；11月5日当天全美已有2133架次航班延误、146架次取消。参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩表示，参议院将于周五表决重新开放政府的临时拨款法案。两党僵局的核心仍是医保补贴：民主党坚持任何拨款法案须延长即将到期的《平价医疗法案》补贴，共和党则主张先通过持续决议案把政府运转维持至11月21日，再谈补贴问题；众议院自9月19日以来一直休会。数百万依赖联邦食品援助的家庭已受到波及，停摆还冻结了多项联邦服务。
（来源：美国联邦航空局）
Shutdown Hits Record Day 36: FAA to Cut Flights at 40 Busy Airports
On Nov. 5, the federal government shutdown entered its 36th day, surpassing the 35-day record set in 2018-2019 to become the longest shutdown in U.S. history. The shutdown began on Oct. 1, and about 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers have been working without pay, with controllers working six days a week under mandatory overtime; staffing shortages are already straining air operations nationwide.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced on Nov. 5 that the Federal Aviation Administration will cut flights at 40 busy airports starting Friday, Nov. 6, beginning with a 4% reduction and rising gradually to 10% by Nov. 14, during the hours of 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., covering hubs including Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami and Orlando. The FAA called the measure unprecedented and said its purpose is to keep the airspace safe amid the staffing shortage. On Nov. 2, controller staffing accounted for 84% of all flight-delay minutes nationwide, compared with a typical 5%; on Nov. 5 alone, 2,133 flights were delayed and 146 canceled across the country.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the Senate will vote on Friday on a stopgap funding bill to reopen the government. The core of the two parties' standoff remains health care subsidies: Democrats insist that any funding bill must extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies that are about to expire, while Republicans argue for passing a continuing resolution first to keep the government funded through Nov. 21 and negotiating the subsidies afterward; the House has been in recess since Sept. 19. Millions of families who rely on federal food assistance have been affected, and the shutdown has frozen many federal services.
(Source: Federal Aviation Administration)
来源：美国联邦航空局
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