Major FAA disruption—all U.S. departures on hold

[atomheartbevo 89675]

3 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

 

Later that evening.

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

7 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

When did NOTAM stop being "Notice to Airmen"?

‘Bout the same time grown men started to take maternity leave so they could LARP breastfeeding. 

[texasdago 7573]

9,000 flights delayed so far.

Looking at the AUS departures board online, about 70% of flights are delayed and I'm sure the ones that aren't delayed may eventually be delayed...

More than 9,000 flights have been delayed so far

As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, at least 9,207 flights within, into or from the US have been delayed and 1,309 were canceled, according to the flight-tracking site FlightAware.

[Biff Tannen 45691]

So am I not flying out of AUS on Friday morning as planned?  This blows.

[Gatorubet 30241]

1 hour ago, texasdago said:

As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, at least 9,207 flights within, into or from the US have been delayed and 1,309 were canceled, according to the flight-tracking site FlightAware.

Meanwhile at the Priority Pass lounge:

[Ag with kids 581]

5 hours ago, jdhorn92 said:

I got caught in it.  Flight cancelled.  Thankfully was able to book on another airline with a connection.  Got on a delayed flight and with a connection, should get home at same time, good lord willing.

I boarded my flight at 0530 this morning.  At 0555, the door of the plane was closed and the pilot announced we were fucked and everyone was grounded.

Luckily, they let us deplane about 5-10 min later.

After an hour, we bailed and I'll let our travel dept fix it.  We'll make the trip next Wednesday...

[McCroskey 1504]

Goddamnit how did I miss this thread today.

[Irwin F Fletcher 3550]

My 5:45pm United flight out of Harlingen was cancelled around noon. So I held onto the "General Lee" that I rented earlier in the week and drove back to IAH.

[HiggyBaby 2529]

As a former IT guy turned part 121 guy, this is surprisingly unsurprising


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/software-blamed-faa-outage-three-decades-old-years-upgrade-official-sa-rcna65562

Corrupt software introduced by contractors took down FAA system, officials say
This system, installed in 1993, runs the Notice to Air Missions system, or NOTAM, which sends pilots vital information they need to fly.

[DaysOff 7951]

Lolz at "vital information"

[Captainant 27677]

32 minutes ago, HiggyBaby said:

As a former IT guy turned part 121 guy, this is surprisingly unsurprising


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/software-blamed-faa-outage-three-decades-old-years-upgrade-official-sa-rcna65562
 

That's scapegoating by the FAA to blame it on a contractor or a singular contract. Systems don't get that brittle on their own, and ultimately, it's the FAA's job to keep the lights on - they made the choice to hire whoever they're scapegoating

If one guy can bring it all down, it's not that guy's fault