Is there a media blackout on last night’s air traffic controller walkout in Jacksonville, FL?
Hundreds of flights canceled.
Walkout due to vax mandate
From a trusted source: pic.twitter.com/kCseQMZlal— Tom Sauer 🇺🇸 ⚓️ 💣 (@thomasbsauer) October 9, 2021
The thread: https://twitter.com/thomasbsauer/status/1446963506402660355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Some responses: @ZaneNaylor · Oct 8
"What is going on with Jacksonville ATC? Flights cancelled into and out of Florida for almost a full day."
@chasepattison · Oct 8
"@SouthwestAir cancelled our flight 178 from BNA to TPA today with no explanation. (Weather is perfect in Tampa right now!) A lost hotel room, rental car, parking fee, missed vacation day, and a heartbroken 6yo and 4yo later, and all SW can offer is a flight 28hrs later."
@JohnWeglein · 21h
"Last night all flights in and out of Florida we're cancelled. I've heard something happened in Jacksonville with the ATC. Right now all I hear are rumours. Why isn't there any concrete news about this yet?"
Regarding the ATC “sick-out” - I’ve a friend that was going to fly from CLE to Orlando Friday evening. Flight cancelled, but he did get down there yesterday. I bet that was the reason. Look for more of this.
Could even happen in the power industry, though I think that so far, it’s not on the table. Might be in the top drawer, ready to pull out though.