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bigtree

(86,020 posts) Fri Jan 25, 2019, 10:58 AM Jan 2019

It Begins: FAA halting (some) flights into New York's LaGuardia

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BREAKING: FAA says it is halting flights into New York's LaGuardia airport due to air traffic control staffing issues.

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It Begins: FAA halting (some) flights into New York's LaGuardia (Original Post) bigtree Jan 2019 OP

Good, until this impacts the average citizen, the shutdown will not end. Nt USALiberal Jan 2019 #1

. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2019 #3

Sadly, it will take something like this or worse to get Cheeto's attention Cousin Dupree Jan 2019 #2

It is only a matter of time. It is not safe to keep people flying and you don't have SweetieD Jan 2019 #4

Delaying flights into the financial center of the United States? Aristus Jan 2019 #5

Glad they are doing this in NYC ProfessorPlum Jan 2019 #6

Best way to do that would be to cut back on number of allowed flights, and... JHB Jan 2019 #9

this will have a ripple effect. bdamomma Jan 2019 #7

Newark, LaGuardia, and Philly NightWatcher Jan 2019 #8

LOVE IT!!!!!!! bluestarone Jan 2019 #10

IIRC LaGuardia BumRushDaShow Jan 2019 #11

FAA has lifted the ground stop at LGA, allowing inbound flights to resume. oberliner Jan 2019 #12

boy, that doesn't inspire confidence bigtree Jan 2019 #13

Right now, you couldn't force me onto a plane. akraven Jan 2019 #14

USALiberal

(10,877 posts)

1. Good, until this impacts the average citizen, the shutdown will not end. Nt

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Fri Jan 25, 2019, 10:59 AM

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WhiskeyGrinder

(22,522 posts)

3. .

Reply to USALiberal (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:05 AM

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1. Good, until this impacts even more people, the shutdown will not end.

FTFY.

Cousin Dupree

(1,866 posts)

2. Sadly, it will take something like this or worse to get Cheeto's attention

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Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:05 AM

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SweetieD

(1,660 posts)

4. It is only a matter of time. It is not safe to keep people flying and you don't have

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:07 AM

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proper staffing.

Aristus

(66,529 posts)

5. Delaying flights into the financial center of the United States?

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:09 AM

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Yeah, that won't cause a problem...

ProfessorPlum

(11,283 posts)

6. Glad they are doing this in NYC

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Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:13 AM

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where Faux celebrities live. Maybe it will finally affect those millionaires.

JHB

(37,166 posts)

9. Best way to do that would be to cut back on number of allowed flights, and...

Reply to ProfessorPlum (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:18 AM

Jan 2019

...prioritize by number of passengers.

Corporate jets and charters? Sorry, too few people flying, back of the line for you.

bdamomma

(63,962 posts)

7. this will have a ripple effect.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:16 AM

Jan 2019

how about Americans who live outside of the US who use American based airlines to travel somewhere else.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

8. Newark, LaGuardia, and Philly

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Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:17 AM

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bluestarone

(17,127 posts)

10. LOVE IT!!!!!!!

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:22 AM

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This is the beginning of the end!!!!!! ( I HOPE)

BumRushDaShow

(130,025 posts)

11. IIRC LaGuardia

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:23 AM

Jan 2019

may do the bulk of the "domestic" flights with JFK handling some but almost all of the international (I went to Egypt through JFK). And the 3rd prong up there is Newark's Liberty airport that has picked up quite a bit of the traffic that normally went to LaGuardia or JFK.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

12. FAA has lifted the ground stop at LGA, allowing inbound flights to resume.

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Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:48 AM

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bigtree

(86,020 posts)

13. boy, that doesn't inspire confidence

Reply to oberliner (Reply #12)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:51 AM

Jan 2019

...it's not as if the staffing problems won't increase.

It has the feel of fixing the wing with glue and twine.

It feels like a high stake gamble to keep the thing going.

akraven

(1,975 posts)

14. Right now, you couldn't force me onto a plane.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 02:32 PM

Jan 2019

Except my neighbor's Beaver and a friend's Cessna.

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