FAA Alert: Major Sequestration Delays Ahead

The long promised delays due to sequestration furlough air traffic control personnel might arrive this Sunday.  With most airports on heightened alert, travelers are again advised to plan earlier arrivals to airports.  We also advise to avoid tight connections especially for international flights arriving or departing Miami which has already been experiencing long delays.  The convergence of these two events along with possible weather problems will make this weekend difficult for many passengers.
Another monkey wrench will be flight crews possibly exceeding their mandated maximum hours resulting in more cancellations, delays and strain on airlines' ability to schedule.

Update:

The FAA expects to delay more than 6,700 daily flights by implementing ground-delay programs or other traffic management initiatives every single day, including limiting the number of aircraft operations per hour. Put another way, the FAA's plan is to create more than double the delays experienced in the worst day last year, and to do it every single day.

The FAA has decided to distribute furloughs equally across the system, without taking into account the differing needs of various airports or the intensified operational impact their decision would cause.  A real boneheaded decision...

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