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In reply to the discussion: FAA halts flights into La Guardia amid staffing shortages, shutdown [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(56,897 posts)5. My first thought upon reading the headline was that some numbskull was flying a drone nearby.
Last edited Fri Jan 25, 2019, 02:25 PM - Edit history (1)
Hat tip, Dennis Donovan, for reminding that LGA is the FAA designator.
KLGA LaGuardia Airport
Edited to add:
Fortunately for the President, a news cycle about his persistent connections to blundering criminality came along to distract from the more harmful series of news cycles about his manifest incompetence.
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FAA halts flights into La Guardia amid staffing shortages, shutdown [View all]
Mrs. Overall
Jan 2019
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My first thought upon reading the headline was that some numbskull was flying a drone nearby.
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2019
#5
The Repugnants wont have much choice but to end their shutdown as it will piss off alot of people
cstanleytech
Jan 2019
#30
The only airport shutdown effect that matters: When Senators can't fly home.
lagomorph777
Jan 2019
#58
Correction: FAA halts some arriving traffic into LaGuardia Airport amid shortage of air traffic cont
Arkansas Granny
Jan 2019
#8
And in the same way that one accident results in other impatient and careless drivers...
NurseJackie
Jan 2019
#27
Thank you for continuing to tell us things are not as bad as they seem to be. You are a treasure. Nt
uppityperson
Jan 2019
#32
I'm guessing that Trump is spending most of his day trying to wriggle out of the corner he's in.
llmart
Jan 2019
#47
Shame on all the Republicans in the House and Senate who voted against re-opening the government.
lapucelle
Jan 2019
#52
For the second day in a row, @TSA has halted posting the delay times and "sick out" data.
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2019
#54