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Today 4:21:08 PM EDT
Sounds like somebody gonna get a big bill!

Today 4:22:14 PM EDT
[#1]
So they weren't monitoring their backup circuit?  
Today 4:23:09 PM EDT
[#2]
Originally Posted By Jetpig:
Sounds like somebody gonna get a big bill!

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Things break


Today 4:23:14 PM EDT
[#3]
My wife is supposed to fly into Philly today. So far, she's been delayed about 6-hours as a result of this.
"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics." -- Thomas Sowell


كافر
Today 4:23:46 PM EDT
[#4]

'front page' on Foxnews
Today 4:25:47 PM EDT
[#5]
I'm at PHL right now. Been here since 10:30am.  We boarded and moved some but had to return to terminal.  Our crew timed out so looking for new crew.
Today 4:26:57 PM EDT
[#6]
Call in John McClain!
Today 4:28:05 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Haub][Edited] [#7]
ACARS Message regarding the outage:

DISPGND CNTL SAYS A CONSTRUCTION CREW WITH AN AUGER ACCIDENTALLY CUT A BUNDLE OF ABOUT 400 ATC CABLES...OOPS.



https://bsky.app/profile/acarsdrama.bsky.social/post/3mw2ebe2kcc2f
Today 4:31:09 PM EDT
[#8]
I flew from FL to SC earlier.  ATC was making all Northeast traffic either hold or slow as slow as practical.  Was hearing hold times starting at an hour.
Today 4:38:55 PM EDT
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Today 4:50:49 PM EDT
[#10]
Time to review light signals.

Keep your powder dry, and watch your back trail.
Today 4:56:29 PM EDT
[#11]
And the FAA wants to consolidate centers into a hand full of facilities. The only redundancies right now are adjacent sectors not co-located. That redundancy goes away if the dipshits running the FAA have it their way.
Today 4:57:12 PM EDT
[#12]
Hmmmmm...Fiber ring must not be in place
Today 4:58:10 PM EDT
[#13]
We're getting Northeast ATC outage fatigue.

9/22/2026 12:14:30 AM EDT
[#14]
Typical.  There was supposed to be way more redundancy with the Liberty sector move but the FAA went cheap and didn't do it.

You'd be shocked at the state of ATC equipment and how it's held together with duct tape all over the country.
9/22/2026 12:18:34 AM EDT
[#15]
Was a Glock 7 involved?
9/22/2026 12:28:30 AM EDT
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9/22/2026 12:42:36 AM EDT
[#17]
Someone fail to call 811 first?
I have no useful skills, therefore I supervise.

Call sign:Radio Silence
9/22/2026 12:50:05 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Gunslinger808:
Someone fail to call 811 first?
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811 isn’t always on the ball.

They have had plenty of fuckups too.

What is a democrat? Someone who wants everything you have, except for your job.

Politicians should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers so we could see their corporate sponsors.
9/22/2026 1:07:49 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By 1371eng:
Hmmmmm...Fiber ring must not be in place
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Someone made their budget numbers when they planned not to spend the money on "diversity," the good kind. Nobody will ever know until it matters.

Back when I was building fiber, even if the other side of the ring wasn't in place, the backup was built and the redundant path continued to a loopback which could become a ring when the other side was built and connected.
9/22/2026 1:23:32 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By 1371eng:
Hmmmmm...Fiber ring must not be in place
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It was token ring back in MY day, sonny!  None of this fancy pants optical photon shit, it all leaks out, see?  Now some nice thick coax, with a shield- now THAT'S tough!  And not just any Bozo could glom onto your data link, no siree!  You had to have the Right Stuff, and be good with the crimpers, too.  I could  hear a bad crimp from the next cubby over.  "Better put a new one on there, Dan, I've got a strict 1630 cleanup rule, and I didn't wanna be dickin' around chasing your fuckup frames!"

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