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.
> 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.