As of thirty-ish minutes ago ALL commercial air traffic in the US is grounded until further notice.
Anyone got any idea what’s going on? There are very free details about the situation I can find online right now.
As of thirty-ish minutes ago ALL commercial air traffic in the US is grounded until further notice.
Anyone got any idea what’s going on? There are very free details about the situation I can find online right now.
I just now read regional traffic control centers, which link all the others, got overloaded with data traffic because the FAA communication system is a patchwork mess - multiple generations of new tech integrated with old legacy systems and each other over a long span of time. That kind of setup can be nursed and prodded along for years by dedicated maintainers, but at some point the upside-down Slurpee cup that’s been holding up one end of the shelf crumples and everything falls on the floor.
they really should have updated those systems during COVID, they missed that window
They tried but supply chain disruptions cut off the supply of Red Bull.
Part of the problem is that the flight control system is fully owned and operated by the FAA and the agency has issues implementing a multi-year modernization program. It would likely work a lot better if the modernization program was run through the municipal airports.
It was fine until these dumbfucks pushed AI without testing it. Who are you trying to glaze?
What glazing?? The comment was very negative.
No, hodgepodges of old, difficult to maintain systems are not fine.
Don’t conflate the saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” to be the same as “if it works, don’t fix it”. Plenty of things can continue working when broken. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t fix them. You shouldn’t fix them with LLM slop, but that’s a different issue
Sounds more like the “Don’t touch it! I just got it to work and I’m scared to dislodge anything by touching it”