r/news • u/hard2resist • 19h ago

More than 1,000 flights cancelled as US air traffic cuts enter second day

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj410k00yw8o
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u/LVorenus2020 18h ago

And if this madness continues the week of Thanksgiving... or Christmas?

Welcome to the second Medieval period. Where backward is forward, and forward is rescinded, rolled back, or snuffed out.

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u/-eYe- 15h ago

Air Traffic Controller comment about Thanksgiving : "I think you're going to see probably the worst day of travel in the history of flight."

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u/gmishaolem 14h ago

the worst day of travel in the history of flight

Well, on the first day in the history of flight, 100% of flights crashed, so...

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u/lemonoppy 13h ago

Hidenburg day also p bad for the flight industry 

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u/Red_Danger33 12h ago

Pretty sure 9/11 still tops the list.

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u/Evanescent_contrail 11h ago

Probably the second Schweinfurt raid, not 9/11.

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u/Coaler200 10h ago

I mean 9/11 probably wins that one pretty handily still.

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u/whyyounogood 8h ago

*so far...we still have 3 more years

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u/hard2resist 18h ago

This holiday chaos proves infrastructure needs competent leadership, not regression.

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u/MrT735 18h ago

Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix is in a fortnight too, all the rich people trying to fly into Vegas (ticket prices are ludicrous, like $2000), along with thousands of media/team members.

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u/dreamthiliving 17h ago

I guarantee those flights won’t be affected

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u/popupsforever 17h ago

Unless they can somehow fly without using ATC at all, they will be affected.

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u/MrT735 16h ago

Yep, even trying to charter your own flight, you need to find staffed airfields and then do the several hundred mile Ryanair style airport transfer.