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IMO theyre keeping it under wraps for one of these reasons:
It could be something totally innocuous. Last time this happened it was because one engineer pushed an update that broke everything, iirc.
You mean the clownstrike?
Ha hahahhaha
Hahahhahahha
FAA ATC isn't using computers that can even run Crowdstrike, so they were safe from that.
Also those aren’t the kind of systems where you would “push an update”, so the commenter I was replying to I assume was referring to that. Which did cause a ton of groundings. But not due to FAA/ATC systems, rather due to windows boxes operated by the carrier’s personnel.
Just to be clear: I wasn't laughing at the poster, but at the ATC's incredibly outdated (but until recently reliable) computers.
Do they still run shit written in assembly and allowed FORTRAN for faster and easier coding?
It's because they're using teams
As someone who is forced to use teams at work, if pilots used teams every single flight would crash, no exceptions.
Maybe the scariest possibility.
Yeah, something flopped, most probably. Floppy maybe?
They flipped when they should've flopped.
Download Floppy Bird. Like and share with your friends!
Well I certainly won't be uploading a floppy bird.
couldnt keep it up
Maybe the tanker crash near Louisiana had more to it than a steering failure, and they figured if ships will collide might be worth figuring out more before planes go down.
More than likely neither are related and it's smart to play it safe if air traffic controllers were having any issues
Or another day of distraction