re: Just heard of a national FAA Ground Stop

here, i'll reply to you

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DUFFY: How many times does this have to happen before congress gives the money to fix it?

R: You’ve been in office almost two years now, Republicans controlled both chambers of congress and still do.

DUFFY: What your network are you from?

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DUFFY: How many times does this have to happen before congress gives the money to fix it?

R: You’ve been in office almost two years now, Republicans controlled both chambers of congress and still do.

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That was a dumb, nonsensical follow up from the reporter. Does the reporter think Duffy is in Congress?

I just got back from Japan - they move 40 million people per day. It’s national news if a train is minutes late

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I mean they’re holding me hostage with a phantom flight guesstimated to depart tonight. Already been here for 10 hours total and 5 since the delay. They could t even give me a timeframe for the departure time. At this point they should just cancel and reschedule flights accordingly. I’m stuck waiting on them to make a decision that should have already been made. Airlines are so incompetent it’s ridiculous we keep having to bail them out.

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Yeah damn that airline for

….checks notes….

A massive air traffic control issue that they had no involvement whatsoever.

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DUFFY: How many times does this have to happen before congress gives the money to fix it?

R: You’ve been in office almost two years now, Republicans controlled both chambers of congress and still do.

DUFFY: What your network are you from?

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“What network are you from” is basically politician for “I need to speak to your manager.”

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I mean they’re holding me hostage

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Lol

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DUFFY: How many times does this have to happen before congress gives the money to fix it?

R: You’ve been in office almost two years now, Republicans controlled both chambers of congress and still do.

DUFFY: What your network are you from?


“What network are you from” is basically politician for “I need to speak to your manager

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His response should have been.

Democrat
Republican

Congress has been fricking useless for decades

Best case scenario, this is a big wake-up call for the government to safeguard critical infrastructure,

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Does the reporter think Duffy is in Congress?

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well, he was up until 2019, and markwayne mullin was until a couple months ago

the money quote:

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Mullin: “What it appears to be right now is, as Secretary Duffy was going in and putting patches into the system, they were putting new equipment and new technology. And that new equipment, new technology, just wasn’t, it was overwhelming the older system. Which is why Sec. Duffy made it very clear, the patchwork doesn’t work. We need one complete system.”

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shite happens. everyone understands that. was this not a scenario they considered before the "new technology" was implemented on a Friday afternoon? and how much money was spent on the carport when the car is broken down? did they not test the upgrades in a disconnected environment before rolling it out to every tower in the country?

they both are up there blaming the weaknesses of the old infrastructure which is undoubtedly true. and...if its so fricked up, and they know it, why the frick are they patching it with "SMART" before fixing the underlying issue?

This is where being a United Club member is great. Post up at the bar and drink for “free” for 10 hours.