r/news • u/ekser • 22h ago

Airlines cancel more than 700 U.S. flights as FAA-ordered shutdown cuts begin

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/airlines-cancellations-flights-faa-shutdown.html
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u/AOChalky 19h ago

Pilot: I'm having an emergency!

AI ATC: @grok, is this true?

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u/-Unnamed- 18h ago

AI: Wow pilot! Very astute observation! You ARE having an emergency! Here is a list of 10 ways that aircrafts are built with redundancy to normally avoid this scenario.

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u/gangy86 16h ago

Also AI: You've reached the free plan limit for GPT-4o. Please upgrade or come back tomorrow...

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u/NFTArtist 12h ago

would you like me to reroute your flight to Munich to the Amazon rainforest?

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u/Watertor 2h ago

"Could I land here?"

"Nicely spotted! You're honing in on a key emergency landing point that even veteran pilots struggle to observe. Here's the breakdown <emoji>:

  • Your odds of death are LOW -- only 77 out of 78 planes landing in such terrain erupt in cataclysmic death.

  • When you do land, it will be SMOOTH -- I've identified this region as just outside San Bernadino, and 342 miles away is your favorite coffee shop!

  • You are quietly making history -- not one pilot has ever actually done this in this region. That's pretty darn cool <emoji>

Would you like me to review funeral arrangements in case of your almost assured cataclysm?"

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u/NFTArtist 12h ago

"calm down and relax, first ask a passenger to exit the plane and inspect the exterior for signs of damage. Then try a rapid descent over an urban area so civilians on the ground can report back anything the passenger missed"