Flight delays and cancellations are piling up Saturday across the U.S. after the Federal Aviation Administration cut flights at 40 U.S. airports on Friday.

Some experts say there is a solution that could change the dynamic in relatively short order — either privatize air traffic control, or set up a separate government corporation that can run the system.

Air traffic control staffing issues delay flights in 12 major US cities; FAA imposes ground delay programs; Atlanta flights delayed 282 minutes.

The Federal Aviation Administration is cutting flights at 40 U.S. airports beginning Friday, Nov. 7, as air traffic controllers and TSA agents continue to go unpaid during the government shutdown.

The New York City area’s highest-volume airports, including JFK, LaGuardia and Newark, are among those set to be affected by 10% air traffic cuts that the FAA is poised to impose amid the ongoing, and longest-ever,

Flight delays linked to the ongoing federal government shutdown continue, with this past weekend marking the worst for air traffic control staffing shortages since the shutdown began, according to a CNN analysis of Federal Aviation Administration operations plans.

For the second consecutive day, flights into Austin-Bergstrom International Airport are likely to experience widespread delays due to air traffic control staffing shortages as controllers at the airport continue to work without pay.