NEWARK AIRPORT Meltdown Exposes DOT Failure — Travelers FED UP
— Travelers at Newark Liberty International Airport are facing long delays and chaos. Equipment failures and not enough staff have left people stranded, missing flights, and frustrated. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told Congress that flight numbers may be cut to handle the mess, saying, “We can do more with less.”
Duffy admitted he changed his own wife’s flight from Newark to LaGuardia just to dodge the airport’s problems. He claimed it wasn’t about safety but about avoiding headaches. Even with radar outages and other issues, Duffy insisted that flying out of Newark is still safe. He blamed Biden-era rules for making things worse. Duffy said “wasteful social justice and green mandates” in federal grants are driving up costs and slowing projects down. He announced $607 million in new grants to start fixing over 3,000 delayed projects left by earlier leaders. The hearing put pressure on both Duffy and the Trump administration to fix America’s airports fast. Some critics say Duffy is just passing the blame around. But he argued that cutting red tape is key if travelers want fewer delays and safer trips. Now Congress must decide how much money goes toward solving these problems as public anger grows louder each day.
