The Federation Aviation Administration (FAA), suspended major projects, throughout the nation, as legislation was not passed by the Congress, giving them the necessary orders to continue work.
The FAA stopped work, for the second day on aviation projects, relating to runway safety, air traffic control, R&D, up gradation etc.
Secretary, US Transportation, Ray LaHood, appealed to Congress, to pass the bill to enable thousands of aviation workers of FAA, to start work on the stalled projects. He said considering the state of the US economy, layoffs would be hard on the American families, whose livelihood depended on these aviation projects.
The stop work has resulted in stalling of aviation projects worth over $5 million, across the country.
FAA, however has stated, that the suspension of the projects would, in no way compromise with public safety.