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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) blamed wide formation cancellations this play connected atrocious upwind and aerial postulation power issues successful Jacksonville.
The FAA connected Sunday day said the formation delays and cancellations occurred for a fewer hours Friday evening owed to wide terrible weather, subject grooming and “limited staffing successful 1 country of the Jacksonville en way center.”
“Some airlines proceed to acquisition scheduling challenges owed to craft and crews being retired of place,” the FAA tweeted.
No FAA aerial postulation staffing shortages person been reported since Friday.
Flight delays & cancellations occurred for a fewer hours Friday PM owed to wide terrible weather, subject training, & constricted staffing successful 1 country of the Jacksonville en way center.
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Southwest Airlines appears to beryllium 1 of the airlines inactive having issues.
Southwest has canceled much than 1,000 flights and had different 415 delayed connected Sunday arsenic of 1 p.m., according to FlightAware.com. The cancelations by the nation’s largest home hose person near galore passengers scrambling crossed the country, including successful Jacksonville.
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As of Sunday afternoon, determination were 12 full canceled flights astatine Jacksonville International Airport, accounting for 10% of its operation. There were besides six delayed flights, according to FlightAware.
For comparison, American Airlines has canceled 63 flights portion Spirit Airlines canceled 32 flights connected Sunday, according to FlightAware.
“We experienced important interaction successful the Florida airports [Friday] evening aft an FAA-imposed aerial postulation absorption programme was implemented owed to upwind and resulted successful a ample fig of cancellations,” Alan Kasher, who oversees regular formation operations, told unit successful a enactment connected Saturday, NBC News reported.
The president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) blamed the formation woes connected staffing and a “poorly tally operation.”
There is speculation the delays are connected to absorption to a vaccine mandate the hose announced a week ago, according to Yahoo! News.
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The FAA said nary staffing shortages wrong its bureau person been reported since Friday.
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