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faced with delays and cancellations -- look at these numbers and they will get higher heading to the fourth of july. passengers are just trying to deal with it and get through it. they say this. >> i have a five-hour layover. >> i got to la guardia airport at new york in 6:00 a.m. to find out that my 8:00 fight was cancelled. >> even with the delays, they worked with us. we had no problems. >> oh, boy. this person is way more patient than i would be. the pilots are out in force and protesting today. they say they are stretched way too thin, that even -- that flights are being put in ...

Simply not factual. the average airline pilot based on f.a.a. regulations can fly no more than 32 hours in a seven-day work period. no more than 100 hours in a given month. so, you know, pilots are not being overworked. the airlines are faced with an entirely new dilemma, which is not all of their fault. the primary factors are traffic problems at the airports with regard to too many landing aircraft, too many aircrafting in cue for taking off and the airport infrastructure simply isn't supporting the increased airport traffic. in addition to that, martha, what we have are fewer air traffic co...