FAA issues nationwide ground stop for United Airlines flights

CNBC ^ | 9/5/2023 | Leslie Josephus

[Tell It Right]

A nationwide ground stop was issued for United Airlines flights.

Ground stops halt flights at their origin of departure, not at their arrival destination.

“We are experiencing a systemwide technology issue and are holding all aircraft at their departure airports,” United said in a statement.

[Tell It Right]

Ground stops halt flights at their origin of departure, not at their arrival destination.

Ya mean ya can't stop the plane mid-air before landing? Not even with air brakes? (typed in my best Bugs Bunny voice)

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Xi.

[logi_cal869]

Very odd.

[1Old Pro]

Haven’t been on a plane in 4 years. Thankfully haven’t had to travel by air, until this November.

[Tell It Right]

Update: Now they're saying the FAA lifted the ground stop. (Translation: the FAA is now letting United planes fly.)

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/05/faa-issues-nationwide-ground-stop-for-united-airlines-flights.html

[bigbob]

Yeah, air stop orders tend to be ignored.

Maybe there’s a shortage of surly flight attendants?

[woodbutcher1963]

Take Delta if you can.

[cgbg]

“Haven’t been on a plane in 4 years.”

Same here—used to have fly all over the place on business.

Now that I am retired I stay far away from airports—they whole process just reminds me of concentration camps.

[cgbg]

Yup—even if you try to stop the plane in mid-flight it keeps moving....

;-)

[struggle]

The booty juice ran out

[Georgia Girl 2]

My worst nightmare is getting on a commercial airplane.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

This was a test of the emergency bullcrap system. If there had been a real emergency, you would have asked to....

[Hodar]

I guess the re-boot worked.

[mabarker1]

A: Duck and Cower

B: Kiss Your A$$ Goodbye

C: Go back to the Totally Stupid A$$}{0£€ Check Point just for fun

[Reno89519]

Probably the filthy Burning Man participants are the cause. Probably wanted to make sure the passengers and planes for deloused before they connect.

[smokingfrog]

More than likely.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

From my high school days in the early sixties, “duck and cover” echoes as we were told to imagine the bright flash, shock wave and mushroom cloud just outside. The the draft notice from LBJ, and induction into my olive drab era. I learned that teachers and politicians want to scare us, corral us, control us with lies, coercion and “law.” Now media has taken up the game. Be afraid, be very afraid? This stuff no longer gets through a very thick and calloused skin.

[Psalm 73]

WHO IS THE HELL IS RUNNING THE FAA?

(We all know who the grossly incompetent Secretary of Transportation is - I just felt like shouting).

[al baby]

When were you in a concentration camp ?

[cgbg]

“When were you in a concentration camp ?”

The last time I went to an airport....