India, Nov. 15 -- Democrat Scott Colom, who made history with his election to the US Senate by becoming Mississippi's first black senator since 1881, has revealed that he is stranded at Atlanta Airport amid a Delta pilot shortage. This comes following a nationwide FAA ground stop that reportedly caused 9,000 flight cancellations.

"I'm at the ATL airport and my @Delta flight has been continuously delayed because they can't find another pilot. It's midnight and they don't know when or if they'll find another pilot but won't give out hotel vouchers until the flight is cancelled, which they can't say when that'll happen. This is a hot mess for Americans," he wrote on X.

"One of them just said, "pick another flight.pick another transportatio...