WTF? The FAA announces a ban on all flights at an international airport and then withdraws the ban within a few hours of the announcement? What kind of insane police state would try a stunt like that? Even for the Trump administration, that is setting the bar at a new low.

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joezydeco 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You should have been here a month ago. The FAA halted all air traffic to and from the Caribbean region with no explanation (well, duh) and no announcement of a resume date. Then it was lifted 24 hours later with no notice.

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2OEH8eoCRo0 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think the military did a thing without telling the FAA so they had to guess?

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kotaKat 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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	▲	cucumber3732842 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		So basically an ass-covering squabble between bureaucrats? "can you guarantee shit will be fine?" "we can't guarantee anything" "so you're saying it won't be fine" "no, I'm saying it will" "so you're guaranteeing it'll be fine then" "no, I said I can't make any guarantees" "well if you can't guarantee it'll be fine we have to shut it all down and you'll have to explain that to the boss" "be my fucking guest" <shit proceeds to be fine and everyone looks like uncooperative assholes>

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lingrush4 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Trump needs to be impeached immediately for this. How dare he close airspace and then just lift that closure once the danger has passed.

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diogenes_atx 4 hours ago | parent [-]

What danger?

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unethical_ban 4 hours ago | parent [-]

What kind of government would use their statutory authority to shut down an airport when there is a risk to the planes?

Why do you think the FAA doesn't have this authority? Or, why do you think the FAA shouldn't have this authority?

In other words: This may have been needed but poorly executed; this may have been incompetent planning and response. But I wouldn't call the FAA shutting down an airport "police state".

	▲	diogenes_atx 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		>> What kind of government would use their statutory authority to shut down an airport when there is a risk to the planes? It could be either an incompetent government or an authoritarian government that is trying to militarize certain institutions of civilian life. >> Why do you think the FAA doesn't have this authority? Or, why do you think the FAA shouldn't have this authority? The FAA does indeed have the authority. The question is simply: why did the FAA choose to exercise its authority in this case? If there was a real danger to the public, then the FAA should be honest with the people and tell them what is the danger. That is what citizens should expect from a democratic government. >> This may have been needed but poorly executed; this may have been incompetent planning and response. But I wouldn't call the FAA shutting down an airport "police state". The reason why I ask if this is an example of police state behavior is because in this case the government apparently took drastic measures without explaining to the people why it was doing so.