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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Eric Berger

Pilot shortages, fuel prices and Covid: US braces for travel chaos

Travelers at JFK airport in July last year.
Travelers at JFK airport in July last year. Photograph: Edna Leshowitz/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock

On a recent Friday night Laura Waring needed to fly from Newark, New Jersey, to San Diego to help set up her healthcare information technology company’s conference, which was scheduled to start the next Monday.

But after her flight was repeatedly delayed and then canceled, Waring slept for about 45 minutes on a cot at Newark airport before she woke up cold and uncertain how she would get to California.

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