The Excruciating, Impossible Science of Airport Delays
The Excruciating, Impossible Science of Airport Delays
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
January 28, 20195m 47s
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Show Notes
Friday morning began with delays at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. That’s not unusual—New York’s airports are famously balky. But this time, the cause wasn't something prosaic, like a blizzard. It was staffing. Because of the federal government shutdown, the airport didn’t have enough Transportation Security Administration agents and air traffic controllers; things slowed to a ground stop.
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