Ground stop🛑 ✈️: It’s hard to know which is worse — a nationwide ground stop because of a cyberattack or incompetence.
Those are the only two options.
What happened‼️: Just before 4 p.m. ET today, the FAA stopped ALL takeoffs from U.S. airports
“Due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety”
Between the lines: The communication system for controllers at en route “centers” went down — why, as of writing, we don’t know.
AT BEST: Even if the system started working again tonight (Friday), it will take days to get crews and airplanes back into position. It could be Monday or Tuesday before the airlines are back to normal operations.
The longer the outage, the longer the recovery will take.
War or peace ⁉️: Whether the FAA failure is a cyberattack or not, it shows just how vulnerable our lives are.
Today, hundreds of thousands of Americans will be stuck at airports around the country.
Yesterday, companies shut down because of Microsoft Outlook server issues
People couldn’t get their emails
What about when people can’t get their cash, groceries, water or power because of a similar outage?
That is the new world — we should be prepared for it.
More this weekend as news warrants!
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Yikes Leland! a nationwide ground stop is eerie, to say the least! I feel so bad for everyone stranded at airports, thankful I don't have any trips by airplane planned. I'm sorry to say that I won't be trying to fly any time soon…see you later, great cartoon!
People trying to get home, to weddings or cruises and vacations, teams trying to get city of their football games tomorrow etc. and even though reason unknown to declare not an a cyber attack seems premature. AND with Microsoft issues! Crazy.