Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop
by jbredeche on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:21PM
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On a plane about to take off and obviously we didn’t. The captain is very confused and says he doesn’t know what this means.
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Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop
by smallerize on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:28PM
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https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c6z9dwn12037t
> 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.
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop
by throwaway-11-1 on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:49PM
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Don’t worry everyone that guy from MTV Real World is on the job
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The fact that you can ask "which one?" tells you something about where we as a nation were at in 2024.
Oh, just you wait a couple of years, it gets worse.
Are you by chance visiting from the future to prevent a nationwide aviation catastrophe?
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop
by SV_BubbleTime on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:04PM
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Right, because that potato last go would have been on top of it? Your team bullshit is bread and circuses, cut it out.
He also corrected a reporter who asked about AI, saying "we call it SI now". So there's that.
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop
by failingforward on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:32PM
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WTF
i can laugh from here with nowhere to be via plane, but these people are completely unserious
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop
by solid_fuel on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:54PM
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Imagine if the FAA was actually being run by a qualified professional and hadn’t been stripped to the bone by Musk & DOGE just a few years ago.
I would go so far to say that if we had elected someone other than the clown show in 2024 we might still have a functional air travel system.
Hey now, clowning is important work, don’t besmirch an entire profession like that.
> Transport Secretary Sean Duffy
I think I see the problem. His claim to fame: “resident playboy” on *The Real World: Boston”. Would it really hurt to appoint qualified people?
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop
by amanaplanacanal on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:14PM
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Qualified people wouldn't suck up to their boss enough for this administration. So we got a bunch of podcast hosts and media personalities instead.
No, just less profitable
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop
by solid_fuel on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:45PM
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Republicans hate expertise, it's a natural consequence of having a world view where facts don't matter. Unfortunately, the rest of us are paying the price for this spectacularly unqualified administration.
Are you in the air now? Looks like it might be over but unclear really
No we were about to push off at DET when the grounding came in.
apparently FAA is not providing pilots with any more info
Outlook outage?
Same at SJC. The captain basically said, “IDK what to do, so I’m just going to read the bulletin Alaska sent out”
Now we’ve been deplaned and they are going to return checked baggage to us
Hate that for all involved. Was flying out of ATL when the Crowdstrike clusterfuck imploded Delta's antiquated crew scheduling backends. Not a fun night.
Godspeed for everyone getting to where they need to be, somehow, or at least ending tonight with a roof over your heads.
Same here, LAX
The 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."
Secretary 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.
Some of you may pay a price.
I'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.
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop
by sleepytimetea on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:18PM
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You are enroute ? Good thing Starlink still works.
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Indeed, on both counts!
Or Panasonic or Viasat/Inmarsat :)
What network does the Panasonic run on ?
I hear Newfoundland is lovely this time of year
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop
by jondwillis on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:31PM
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On a domestic flight that just landed normally, FWIW.
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop
by downrightmike on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:17PM
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get a hotel room before you can't
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.
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop
by CobrastanJorji on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:45PM
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Yeah but imagine the guy who took that offer a couple of hours later. He was the real winner.