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Today we're talking about thousands of delays and cancellations out of Newark Airport.

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For the second straight week, flight delays at Newark Liberty International Airport

are stacking like luggage. The Federal Aviation Administration is trying to mitigate staffing

shortages, a long-running issue. Tech failures and bad weather hitting the northeast corridor, which runs from Boston to D.C.

Thousands of flights have been delayed and hundreds canceled.

United Airlines alone has cut 35 daily round trips from its newer hub.

United CEO said the final straw was when about 20% of air traffic controllers, quote,

walked off the job, including at least five now on 45-day stress leave after a 90-second

radar outage led to dozens of diverted flights. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the

FAA plans to hire 2,000 new controllers this year.

But with a 3,000 controller shortfall in 18 plus months of training for new hires,

the runway to recovery appears long.

The unpredictability of man-made systems reminds us of God's steadiness and consistency.

Our true security isn't found in any infrastructure of this world, but in Christ and the promise of the kingdom to come.

Isaiah 65 says,

For I will create new heavens and a new earth. The wolf and the lamb will feed together,

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