https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c6z9dwn12037t
reply> Transport Secretary Sean Duffy says the FAA "issued a nationwide ground stop for all US airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers.
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replyNo, just less profitable
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replyQualified people wouldn't suck up to their boss enough for this administration. So we got a bunch of podcast hosts and media personalities instead.
replySame at SJC. The captain basically said, “IDK what to do, so I’m just going to read the bulletin Alaska sent out”
replyNow we’ve been deplaned and they are going to return checked baggage to us
replyHate that for all involved. Was flying out of ATL when the Crowdstrike clusterfuck imploded Delta's antiquated crew scheduling backends. Not a fun night.
replyGodspeed for everyone getting to where they need to be, somehow, or at least ending tonight with a roof over your heads.
We were offered $1500 to get on a later flight and I’m so glad I didn’t get to the counter on time to take them up on it. Saw the news reports a half hour before landing.
replyYeah but imagine the guy who took that offer a couple of hours later. He was the real winner.
replySame here in PIT. Ubers are as much as my flight.
replyThe flight crew on my LHR-SEA flight "still expects to land in the US." The lack of conviction in that expectation was audible. I don't get the impression that they're being told very much, but maybe that's literally a consequence of the "communication issues."
replyedit: we're on approach into Seattle, so apparently we were one of the happy cases of the "case-by-case basis."
On a domestic flight that just landed normally, FWIW.
replySecretary of Homeland Security just assured a press conference that all planes in the air will be dealt with on a case by case basis. Some may be prioritised.
replyI'm seeing some diversions on Flightradar24. E.g. DAL2195 from Tampa to LGA was diverted to Harrisburg. But some flights are continuing to their original destinations.
replySome of you may pay a price.
replyMaybe if all the passengers chip in and buy some Trumpcoin their flight could be prioritized?
replyI hear Newfoundland is lovely this time of year
replyYou are enroute ? Good thing Starlink still works.
replyOceanic traffic would be over HF radio (or CPDLC) and not affected by this - until you get back over land and switch to VHF radio.
replyMost airliners over the ocean also have inmarsat satphones for the pilots.
Or Panasonic or Viasat/Inmarsat :)
replyWhat network does the Panasonic run on ?
replyI believe they lease Ku band transponders from various commercial GEO satellites, think Eutelsat, Telesat, SES etc.
replyIndeed, on both counts!
replyAre you in the air now? Looks like it might be over but unclear really
replyNo we were about to push off at DET when the grounding came in.
replyapparently FAA is not providing pilots with any more info
replyOutlook outage?
replySame here, LAX
replyget a hotel room before you can't
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