Watch out for more flight cancellations and delays starting tomorrow.

[akasci@fosstodon.org]

Watch out for more flight cancellations and delays starting tomorrow.

We suppose that folks with private jets need not worry.

#UsPol
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[akasci@fosstodon.org]

Transportation secretary Sean Duffy has ordered reducing airline traffic by 10% at 40 “high volume markets” starting tomorrow.

The regime prefers playing the blame game and inflicting pain as opposed to actually solving problems.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/us/airport-traffic-cuts-government-shutdown
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/government-shutdown-duffy-airspace-closures
#UsPol
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[akasci@fosstodon.org]

Besides the 10% reduction in airline traffic, the FAA has restricted commercial space launches and reentries to the hours between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. local time.

We presume that means reentries that reach the ground. In the US? Does it apply to SpaceX reentries which sometimes reach the ground?

A memo posted by Sec Duffy on X says space launches are prohibited between 11 am and 3 pm UTC, i.e., permitted between 10 am and 6 am EST? Incompetents!

@sundogplanets
https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/us-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-faa-administrator-bryan-bedford-outline-series
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[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

@AkaSci Wow. Well, Starlinks have uncontrolled reentries once or twice a day on average, so good luck controlling that.

Of course, SpaceX said a while ago that they were going to do "semi controlled" reentries of Starlinks over the Pacific Ocean. I have seen absolutely no evidence that they are actually doing this. https://starlink.com/public-files/Starlink_Approach_to_Satellite_Demisability.pdf

They seem to think they have a lot more control than they actually do, and that's the really scary part to me.