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Old Sep 11, 2001 | 12:12 pm
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bokich
 
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What are the travel implications of a total US ground stop?

Okay, aside from the obvious of “bad” and “chaos” any ideas on how will things play out now that ALL air traffic in the US has stopped. (As an aside, has this occurred before?) This is essentially a simultaneous strike by all airlines.

When will flights resume? Once they do, who will get priority to get on those flights? Presumably those who’ve been stuck at airports trying to get home.

Will airlines be waiving fees?

What are possible strategies to deal with the travel mess?

Assuming flights resume in a day or two, how long will this affect travel?

Of course this is all speculative at this point, but FTers are among those best suited to comment.

[edited to clarify]

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