FAA System Outage - All US Flights Grounded

[cstrunk]

I picked one helluva' day to fly...

 

[Dr.bannedman]

USA USA USA

 

[Candide]

This is going to go over like a fart in a space suit.

 

[helechopper]

Foreign hack?

 

[2020cy]

Hope not.

 

[abe2010]

Great, supposed to fly home today. Figures. Fly about once every 2 years.

 

[knowlesjam]

Looks like everything is being held until at least 8 AM so that the system can recover and they can verify good data. I would expect that the ripples will take the rest of the day...at least...to smooth out. You should just get a simple delay if your plane is already there, but any later flights are going to be messy.

 

[Rural]

My 20 plus year stance of "**** the airport" is serving me well.

 

[Rabbuk]

One of my coworkers is flying back to Vietnam for the first time in 3 years on Friday. This could make that unpleasant

 

[wxman1]

The crazy part is it includes non-airline flights as well. So I can’t even go fly around.

 

[Rural]

On a more serious note just saw a pilot that just said getting it turned back on is only one step to getting going.

Every individual plane has to be put back into the system (more delay).

 

[BCClone]

The crazy part is it includes non-airline flights as well. So I can’t even go fly around.

Otherwise you could make bank, by picking up a plane load and flying them to some small airport near where they needed to be.

 

[pulse]

Otherwise you could make bank, by picking up a plane load and flying them to some small airport near where they needed to be.

Uber Air.

 

[wxman1]

Otherwise you could make bank, by picking up a plane load and flying them to some small airport near where they needed to be.

Well not legally but theoretically yes.

 

[mramseyISU]

Did the FORTRAN compiler take a **** on them this morning?

 

[BCClone]

Well not legally but theoretically yes.

Legal, schmegal.

 

[chiroclone88]

Have they tried unplugging, waiting 60 seconds then plugging it back in?

 

[CoachHines3]

One of my coworkers is flying back to Vietnam for the first time in 3 years on Friday. This could make that unpleasant

 

[jbhtexas]

Have they tried unplugging, waiting 60 seconds then plugging it back in?

That doesn't always work. I tried that last night with my Samsung TV. Samsung recommends that as one troubleshooting step to reset apps in their craptastic Tizen OS. It didn't work.

 

[pourcyne]

Who had Elon Musk buying the FAA on their 2023 bingo card?

(yes, I stole this from Twitter)

(so?)