An elementary school student enjoys Field Day on a playground. Harold Begay, superintendent of the Tuba City Unified School District in Arizona, says the repairs that are needed to playground equipment, school buildings and buses would not be allowed anywhere else. Laurel Morales/KJZZ hide caption

The Sequester: Cuts And Consequences
A look at the consequences of the across-the-board federal spending cuts set for March 1.To save money, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina is keeping some of its pilots out of the sky. Airman 1st Class Aubrey White/U.S. Air Force hide caption
Travelers stand in line at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday. Congress moved quickly this week to give the Federal Aviation Administration flexibility to end air traffic controller furloughs that resulted in flight delays at several airports. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Passengers check their flight status at Los Angeles International airport on Monday. The FAA said staffing cuts were causing delays in the Eastern U.S. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
An American Airlines passenger is helped at the ticket counter at Miami International Airport last week. Many airline industry observers expect delays to strike Monday, the first full day of FAA furloughs. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Members of the American Federation of Government Employees protest mandatory federal budget cuts during a rally March 20 in Washington, D.C. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
In Columbus, Ohio, signs of the sequester were hard to find. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
A crowd of jobseekers attends a health care job fair on Thursday in New York. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels soar over the Florida Keys during a March 23 air show. The group has canceled several air shows in April and May, reportedly owing to budget cuts. Getty Images hide caption