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Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop by smallerize on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:28PM (#50490018)
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 (#50490369)
Don’t worry everyone that guy from MTV Real World is on the job
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop by tedd4u on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:49PM (#50490375)
[delayed]
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop by gdulli on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:03PM (#50490581)
The fact that you can ask "which one?" tells you something about where we as a nation were at in 2024.
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop by cscheid on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:06PM (#50490622)
Oh, just you wait a couple of years, it gets worse.
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop by sigmarule on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:18PM (#50490809)
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 (#50490598)
Right, because that potato last go would have been on top of it? Your team bullshit is bread and circuses, cut it out.
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop by dboreham on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:20PM (#50490839)
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 (#50491006)
WTF
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop by fantasizr on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:36PM (#50491062)
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 (#50490441)
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.

Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop by boothby on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:03PM (#50490579)
Hey now, clowning is important work, don’t besmirch an entire profession like that.
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop by antonvs on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:07PM (#50490638)
> 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 (#50490746)
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.
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop by pimlottc on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:26PM (#50490922)
No, just less profitable
Re:FAA Issues National Ground Stop by solid_fuel on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:45PM (#50491186)
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.