I think the point was to get headlines and attention, as someone else said it sounds like the FAA is frustrated that the DoD isn't cooperating, and this seems like a possible attempt to make this frustration public to pressure DoD into playing more nicely.
replyThis is OpSec 101. Making the public closure too "tight" around the operational timeline could (negligently) leak operational details. You can always cancel a closure later.
replyIs Opsec 101 to increase the estimate by two orders of magnitude? "We think this operation will take about 10 weeks, so we're estimating 10 years."
replyThe answer is "long enough to avoid giving away operational details," not some robotically applied constant multiplier like 10x.
replyWe also don't know whether they expected this to take 1 day or more. Just because it worked out quickly doesn't mean that's the "worst case" operational timeline.
Isn’t that how estimating timelines should work?
replyIs saying "indefinitely" or "until further notice" any worse than "10 days?" The specificity of the timeline was what caught my eye.
replyIndefinitely infers permanence. You’ll scare everyone off with that language.
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