Overview

• FAA reports controller shortages at least in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Nashville, contributing to nationwide delays and localized slowdowns.
• Flight-tracker data show more than 10,000 delays over a two‑day span this week, with additional delays logged today.
• TSA says it can continue screening about 2.5 million passengers daily, but warns waits could grow if the funding lapse persists and unions caution impacts could deepen as paychecks are missed.
• Some airports report steady operations despite the strain, with Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International crediting essential TSA officers and controllers working without pay.
• Under DOT rules, travelers are entitled to cash refunds for canceled or significantly changed flights, but U.S. airlines are not obligated to provide extra cash compensation, and a proposed expansion of those protections was rescinded last month.