"The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is suffering a nationwide technical outage and order airlines to pause all domestic departures until 9 a.m. ET Wednesday morning."

Nothing like a well-run FAA. Is this what happens when you appoint a real expert like Pete Buttigieg as Secretary of Transportation?

FAA: Some departures resuming after systems outage snarling travel nationwide | Fox Business (https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/hundreds-flights-grounded-nationwide-faa-experiences-computer-outage)

Must be Russian hacking </sarc> Wondering why Mayor Pete hasn't blames Southwest Airlines yet . .....or Trump ?

No problem for Mayor Pete . When private jets are not available he hops on military flights for his junkets with his hubby .

Pete Buttigieg took husband to Invictus Games on military plane: report (nypost.com) (https://nypost.com/2023/01/04/pete-buttigieg-took-husband-to-invictus-games-on-military-plane-report/)

So far under Mayor Pete's tenure as Sec Transportation we have had major supply chain disruptions while he and hubby were on paternity leave ;a near rail strike and the 1st complete air service halt since 9-11 do something useful like filling in pot holes .

preliminary findings is that there was a database failure .

FAA Blames Damaged Database File for Notam System Outage

FAA Blames Damaged Database File for Notam System Outage | Air Transport News: Aviation International News (ainonline.com) (https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2023-01-12/faa-blames-damaged-database-file-notam-system-outage#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20FAA%20is%20continuin g%20a,no%20evidence%20of%20a%20cyberattack.)

And what is mayor Pete doing about it ? Well NOTAM acronym is not inclusive enough . ‘Notice to Airmen’ is to be changed to ‘Notice to Air Missions.’"


It was changed to remove the gendered term and because the notices were also then being sent to drone operators and not just pilots on board aircraft.


What is NOTAM, the FAA’s Notice to Air Mission system? (kcra.com) (https://www.kcra.com/article/faa-system-outage-notice-to-air/42460412#:~:text=FAA%20computer%20outage-,NOTAMS%20has%20been%20around%20for%20decades.,jus t%20pilots%20on%20board%20aircraft.)

Job well done !!!

The system might fail, but at least it will be properly named!!

The FAA lambasted Southwest Airlines for system failures . How does a system wide failure that completely shuts down air travel rank ?

What is the difference between the Southwest Airline failure and the FAA failure ?

Southwest stranded 2 million passangers . Immediately there were calls for more Federal control of the system.
Then days later the FAA shut down the nations air system with a complete system failure .

Southwest is paying a terrible price . The nation travelers are punishing them with their purchase power. They are projected to lose a $ billion+

Southwest Lost $220 Million Because of Holiday Meltdown - The New York Times(nytimes.com) (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/business/southwest-airlines-fourth-quarter-earnings.html#:~:text=Southwest%20Airlines%20lost% 20%24220%20million,passengers%2C%20the%20company%2 0reported%20Thursday.)

What about the FAA failure of the NOTAM system?
Well Mayor Pete pledged to get to the bottom of it . It is likely to cost the American traveler and taxpayer a fortune in expensive upgrades. That is if they ever get around to it.

Legislation to upgrade has been proposed since 2019. The bill stalled in the Senate in 2021. Trump proposed major overhauls of the FAA in 2017 that went nowhere in Congress. Almost all other rich countries have spun off air traffic control operations into a government-owned corporation or non-profit user cooperative. But because it was Trump proposing it ... it was rejected .

WATCH: President Trump Announces Plan to Privatize Air Traffic Control - FULL SPEECH (FNN) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIuUWagUP5c)