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Are you concerned that U.S. flights were grounded due to a NOTAM outage? The Serious You: How Current Events Affect You
Poll Question From Showtalk
Jan-11
Are you concerned that U.S. flights were grounded due to a NOTAM outage?
- Yes, it could be terrorism5
votes
- Yes, there should be a backup system6
votes
- No, it's rare and unlikely to happen again1
vote
- No, they were able to fix it quickly1
vote
- 1 and 23
votes
- 3 and 40
votes
- What outage?0
votes
- What is NOTAM?0
votes
- Other1
vote
From: Showtalk
Jan-11
FAA lifts airline ground stop as flight delays, cancellations pile up across the country
The FAA's NOTAM system failed early Wednesday morning, resulting in thousands of delayed or canceled flights, according to the FAA's website.
Read more from Fox BusinessFrom: WALTER784
Jan-11
I have no idea why a backup is not available and working.
I worked with ANA (All Nippon Airways) back in 2011 when they flew the world's first 787 commercial airliner.
They have two data centers in Tokyo and a third backup data center in central Japan. I believe JAL (Japan Airline) and many others also have at least 1 or 2 backup data centers as well.
Even one hour of downtime can cost them tens of millions of dollars.
I was outsourced to help them test the failover/failback of over 400 different systems.
This should have never happened.
FWIW
From: Showtalk
Jan-12
This might explain why it failed. Inclusivity is apparently important, while having a system that actually works all the time is not.
The NOTAM system previously stood for Notices to Airmen but Buttigieg's office changed it to stand for Notices to Air Missions in December 2021.
From: WALTER784
Jan-12
Showtalk said...
The NOTAM system previously stood for Notices to Airmen but Buttigieg's office changed it to stand for Notices to Air Missions in December 2021.
Oh... so buttleg's new definition (my redefinition of his name) is the cause!!!
FWIW
From: WALTER784
Jan-12
The backups should have been in place when that system was inaugurated.
FWIW
From: Showtalk
Jan-13
Yes. What a disaster. They should have troubleshooters on their payroll who can anticipate everything that could go wrong and have mitigation steps in place to prevent or override it before it ever breaks. But they use all the right pronouns.