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Nov 19, 2009 | 5:21 am

jfulcher

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computer outage

Sitting here in DTW waiting on my flight to leave to atlanta and they are telling us there is some FAA server outage and they can't do a flight plan - yet it seems NW flights are leaving. Anyone run into this today?

Nov 19, 2009 | 5:27 am

iTanNicNic

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ATCSCC isn't reporting anything on a national level...might be a DL thing?

Nov 19, 2009 | 5:32 am

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Originally Posted by jfulcher

Atlanta is down too.

Nov 19, 2009 | 5:37 am

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Originally Posted by skoker

ATCSCC isn't reporting anything on a national level...might be a DL thing?

If it was just a delta thing the pilot is lying to us which id be pissed about. Supposedly flight plans made before a certain time can continue. It looks like it may be a nasty day in DL land.

Nov 19, 2009 | 5:44 am

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I see that our flights are experiencing the same thing in ATL but DL doesn't make our flight plans, so must be FAA related.

Nov 19, 2009 | 5:52 am

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Typical government - critical system and no backup. The airlines should sue for lost revenue.

Nov 19, 2009 | 5:53 am

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http://www.ajc.com/news/computer-gli...ts-204662.html

Nov 19, 2009 | 6:17 am

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I actually just heard about it on The Weather Channel.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/11/19...tch/index.html

Nov 19, 2009 | 6:29 am

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I got bit by this too; currently sitting on the ground in CHS trying to get to Atlanta. Pilot indicated a delay of "at least 20 minutes."

Nov 19, 2009 | 6:32 am

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Quote:

CTL ELEMENT: ATL
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1326Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 19/1326Z - 19/1400Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (2ndTier-ZAB) ZFW ZKC ZME ZTL ZAU ZID ZMA
ZHU ZJX ZBW ZOB ZDC ZNY
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 0 / 0 / 0
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 881 / 35 / 18
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: EQUIPMENT / OUTAGE
COMMENTS: ZTL HOLDING AT ALL FIXES FOR ATL AAR 76

Nov 19, 2009 | 6:36 am

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Looking at ATL flight departures, there are a number of cancelled flights to LaGuardia, Newark, Washington DC, Baltimore etc.

Flight arrivals are also delayed. My normal flight from RDU is running 2 hrs behind this morning.

Nov 19, 2009 | 7:00 am

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Originally Posted by jfulcher

Typical government - critical system and no backup. The airlines should sue for lost revenue.

Since this has direct utility only for those flying planes, perhaps the U.S. airlines should stop dragging their feet and agree to fund, in part, the NextGen navigation systems.