Across the country, thousands of flights have been delayed or canceled after Christmas, leaving desperate travelers stranded as growing numbers of airline employees are out of commission due to COVID. NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports for TODAY from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, and NBC meteorologist Jeff Ranieri talks about winter storms complicating travel.
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They are lying. These pilots are out because of unlawful mandates!!
Hire me dammit I’m fully vaccinated & have no kids I can work full time
CRACKHEAD JOE….LET'S GOOOOOOOO BRANDON
To everyone that I'm going to say this for tell you the truth about it Do you know why that are going to say this that you need to take the train because it's going to give you a more bigger space and more privacy it is especially that the number one is very seriously about it every train cause always will be that up to keep it clean or different cards and many of different rooms that is the truth everyone
SAY IT WITH ME ……….UNLAWFUL MANDATES
They had two years to fix the virus situation. As if with super computers and modelling that you can't come up with a protocol incase a new variant emerges. Imagine if Omicron was more deadly.
Typical for some folks pay for a product and get screwed somehow. Lets Go Brandon
I figured it would happen..They said it was a new spread going around…SO WHY TRAVEL…I watch and listen..
Covid is real. Refusal to accept what is, only hurts you.
Wth
If you're traveling during the holidays…during a pandemic…you're contributing to the problem and there's a significant chance you'll contribute to someone's hospitalization and/or death. Stay put, listen to the experts, and don't be selfish.
I feel sorry for all flight crew and airline staff who have deal with both covid and unruly passengers these days. No disrespect intended, but I wonder if former staff who quit or were laid off years ago are thinking, "Wow! I dodged those two scenarios!"
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Oh wait, I thought is was a requirement to be vaccinated in order to continue employment with all these major airlines, now they have a staff shortage due to employees contacting covid. Ok!
You guys knew this was gonna happen, the cancellations…………….you folks know flying will never be the same anymore……………you choose to fly you choose the high likelihood of delays
Sounds like the vaccine isn’t working …
And also, short staffed because of mandates.
What did they expect?
If your flight to Europe was cancelled, I filmed several Christmas Markets in Germany, France and Switzerland on my channel🎄🍷 I hope this pandemic ends soon!
My flight got canceled!!! Today!
I hope this idea isn't a shocking surprise to anyone, but traveling by plane during a pandemic in winter during economic troubles might be kinda STUPID. When one plays stupid games, one may win stupid prizes.
They do not have the crew it’s a gov created problem
Bientôt je serai au USA pour une relatioship parfaite considération cordialement PC
Biden's mandates are backfiring.
MELTDOWN!
So people got fired for not taking the shot. Now a lot of the people who took the shot still got Covid. What kind of science we’re they using again?
Great vaccines. They really seem to be working.
If you don't get it by now, traveling by plane during the holidays, pandemic, winter, and economic troubles then you are set for a disaster. I do not travel at all during holidays period. If we all do the same, I will bet you that the airlines will improve their system.
WE DIDN'T HAVE NO IDEA THAT THE FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED JUST LIKE THE OMICRON JUST CAME OUT OF NOWHERE WE DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY SAY WEAR A MASK AND GET A SHOT 😂😂😂 III
YEAH EVERYBODY HE HAS A PLAN IT'S ABCDEF !!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
PEOPLE WILL NEVER LEARN AN……. 😂🤣
I don't feel so sorry for these people…they were warned about traveling. It's like being told that a bad storm is on its way, and yet they still showed up for it .Then they wanna whine about getting home. 😒
Travel
Traveling during the Christmas/NewYear period you should expect delays and cancellations if for nothing other than weather. Add the pandemic and you should be surprised if you do not have a delay or cancellation. It makes me wonder what people were thinking.
As someone who sad no to drugs, I 'm enjoying the show of the people who said yes 👁🙃 Does that make me a bad person? 🤔😂 So far global governments avoiding dealing with capitalist corporate behavior towards our natural environment…and avoiding a natural resources shortage Revolution, is working. Shhh…🙃
"Give them circus and bread, and they will not revolt". It all goes back to "give them an inch, and they will take a mile".
Yes call them. And PUSH #1 for I want my money back. PUSH #2 for I want my money back. PUSH #3 for I want my money back. Or PUSH #4, for the people who said no to drugs are laughin at me.
WHY are people surprised?
Let’s go mandates🤡🤡🤡
People don't listen "STOP TRAVELING!!"
Airlines have a long history of not fulfilling their side of the deal.
Corona is old news we have delta maybe that's why the planes are tucked in the delta airline's got to close to Virgin airline's then blue jet joined the group and all the passengers jump on 😴..
Can’t even go anywhere canceled every day
You shouldn’t be traveling in the first place, so that sucks for you
BREAKING NEWS: Not one vaccinated pilot in the USA has a valid medical certificate or pilots license according to the FAA.
FAA rules state that if a pilot takes a medication or vaccination that is not fully approved by the FDA and has been in the marketplace for at least 12 months to ensure that there are no un-common side-effects that affect air travel shall not hold a valid medical certificate and hence will not hold a valid pilots license.
Every pilot, the pilots union, and all airlines know this and all pilots sign an affidavit stating they have read and understand all the rules of the FAA concerning their medical certificate.
The FDA has approved the Covid19 vaccines for emergency use only and will not be fully approved until their human trial studies are complete sometime in 2023. This means that all vaccinated pilots are flying without a license until sometime in 2024 and if their vaccine is not approved or has uncommon side-effects may never be able to fly again. They won't even be able to get a Light Sports license.
If the FAA has somehow quietly changed this decades old rule then they have done so for political reasons. There are certainly some common and uncommon side-effects that affect air travel being reported. Blood clots, blackouts, and fainting among them. One pilot blacked out on a landing approach and the co-pilot landed the plane. The pilot had his license taken away and his career is over.
Do not fly with an unlicensed pilot. This is your only warning.
Double'n down on the lies.. its people are calling out sick before fired or quit due to mandates there was no "bad weather" and its not omicron. Its also not organized greatly.
i dont feel sorry for any of these idiots travelling lol
Sorry for the airport workers who are still dealing with these crowds. They deserve hazard pay.