FAA issues nationwide flights ground stop ‘due to extraordinary circumstances' and ‘safety'

Can I call it or can I call it?

At 0430 this morning, as I was preparing the leave for a day trip down to PHX, this came through:


Remember, this guy was SecTrans during the Biden Administration. During his tenure, it was a goal of his to embed DEI objectives to make the FAA more inclusive. This was at the expense of hiring air traffic controllers who were actually qualified to do the job. The FAA may have been doing planning for system replacement during his tenure however the critical work did not begin until Duffy took over.

Most of the "upgrades" and enhancements done during Buttigieg's tenure were more of cosmetic and band-aide fixes.

So it's easy for him to criticize now when the obvious facts state otherwise: this issue has been building for years over several Administrations both Democrat and Republican.
 
One of the guys I shoot with is a retired USAF C-5 driver and now flies commercially for Alaska.

He was telling me this morning his son, who is also a pilot for one of the American subsidiaries based out of PHX, was stranded in Mexico as well. Flight had not departed yet when the ground stop was announced.
 
infrastructure is pretty old here in canada as well, from some buddies who work in various organizations also say that some agencies (transport) are also still using old coppers. The companies who upgrade telecom infrastructures to fiber want a lot of money to upgrade anything.......its big money involved and big contracts.....a forever slow process.....

a private co will always prioritize and get its stuff done right. Unlike the govt which gets charged 10 times more and gets a shitty job done (then gotta chase warranties and workmanship), its a disaster in itself and without redundancies.

Lets see if Canada reviews its own systems after all this....

no wonder we're like 50 yrs behind Europe/Japan/Korea etc......
 

Looks like ORD in the winter or DFW during summer storms.

Don't ask how I know.

At least in ORD, I know where the Dunkin' Donuts is in Terminal 3 in the H gates. Like H12 or there abouts.

Open 24 hours.
:)
 

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