[Tzfat]

initial news reports cited airlines who suspended flights on their own having nothing to do with the FAA, because they did it before the FAA acted.

Reports, which proved to be demonstrably false, which Star Traveler kept spamming FR with. There are not FOUR US flag carriers that serve Tel Aviv. There are only THREE. The FAA NOTAM was issued at 12:15 EDT 7/22/2014. At that time only Delta had canceled (diverted). United and US Airways made their decision AFTER the FAA ban.

Delta is still not flying, and UAL is making a decision. US Airways immediately announced return as soon as the FAA lifted their ban. What changed? The FAA ban, and that is all.

[Star Traveler]

Whether you like it or not ... it’s there, it’s in the article and it’s clearly apparent from news reports that planes diverted from Israel before the FAA even uttered one word. You’re beating a dead horse over this one, because thar’s what happened, as I was actually reading about the planes diverting before the FAA came out with anything.

However, keep beating the dead horse ... LOL ...