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Oct 13, 2020 | 9:01 am

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Originally Posted by JimInOhio

Granted, the details are few but this seems like a massive failure on the part of the FAA.

I'm not sure I'd go that far, but it's certainly not ideal. ATC, pilots and dispatchers all have access to sophisticated weather information and none of the involved parties wants to fly an airplane full of passengers into a dangerous situation.

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