The airports are a hot mess for the July 4th weekend. Here’s how the gays are handling it
four-day weekend to get our hot dog on, if you’re lucky enough to get Monday off. But don’t get too excited…Many gay travelers have already been hitting the airport terminals to get a head-start on the party, only to be hit by a barrage of delays and cancellations.
This year in particular is shaping up to be one of the craziest travel weekends ever, with yesterday already a nightmare on the East Coast with nearly 3,000 delayed flights, and more than 800 cancellations by early afternoon, with no help from an influx of thunderstorms.
Ugh.With COVID further and further behind us, more people have been bit by the travel bug, with the F.A.A. predicting that today (Thursday) may bring us airport traffic that breaks a pandemic-era record.
To meet the demand, airlines have been scheduling more flights than they can handle, said gay travel genie Pete Buttigieg (although some airlines feel it’s actually the shortage of air traffic controllers that is the problem).
