CNN: "FAA Reports communication problems causing flight delays nation wide"

[astanley]

Front page of CNN.com, right now...

Cheers,

-Andrew

 

[timwinters]

The TSA must have been doing a security check on the FAA computers today.

 

[mikea]

The TSA must have been doing a security check on the FAA computers today.

...seeing if they can get into the control towers by climbing up on the antennas.

 

[wsuffa]

Or LM is running the center...

ATCSCC shows ground stops at ATL and BOS blamed on the outage. Significant number of flight plans "lost".

ATCSCC ADVZY 043 DCC 08/26/08 FLIGHT PLAN ISSUES_INFO
NADIN HAS EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL FAILURE. A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
FLIGHT PLANS ARE NOT BEING RECEIVED BY FAA FACILITIES. A HOTLINE
HAS BEEN ESABLISHED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THE NUMBER FOR THE HOTLINE
IS xxxxxxxxx. A BREIFING WILL BE HELD ON THE HOTLINE
AT 1815.
261810-262359
08/08/26 18:10

Must be all those pesky GA plans.

despite the delays due to weather & mechanical, it makes me quite glad I came back from MUC last night.

 

[Ken Ibold]

Now saying "an an FAA facility that processes flight plans."

Sell your lockheed martin stock, quick!

 

[mikea]

Now saying "an an FAA facility that processes flight plans."

Sell your lockheed martin stock, quick!

L-M doesn't "process" flight plans. It's on 1960s mainframe iron at the FAA.

And besides, airlines don't use AFSS.

 

[ScottM]

L-M doesn't "process" flight plans. It's on 1960s mainframe iron at the FAA.

And besides, airlines don't use AFSS.

But we can dream!!

Maybe they should just let the airlines do IFR pop ups?