USA: Hundreds of flights canceled nationwide amid government shutdown cuts

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More than 5,000 US flights were delayed or canceled on Friday, the first day of new mandates requiring airlines to cut air traffic as the government shutdown continues. The rules, implemented at 40 of the nation’s busiest airports, aim to reduce pressure on air traffic controllers and other federal workers who are reporting to duty without pay amid the historic funding impasse. Professor of Computer Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain, Sheldon H. Jacobson, gives his insights.