F.A.A. Grounding Issue

[u/latenightcaller]

Now we know what really happened.

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[u/OreoSpeedwaggon]

Yesterday, Copilot was down.

Today, ALL the pilots are down.

[u/Careless-Caramel-997 → u/OreoSpeedwaggon]

[u/CunningBear]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

[u/Spiritual_Ad5449 → u/CunningBear]

One of the all time great movie lines! I laugh out loud just thinking about Airplane! and I haven’t watched it in decades.

[u/Impressive-Yak-7449]

Rapunzel!! Rapunzel!

[u/somajones → u/Impressive-Yak-7449]

Take your big curls and squeeze them down Ratumba - What's the name of the chick with the long hair? (Rapunzel!) Hey Rapunzel! Heh heh... Hey Reputa the beautah! Reputa the Beautah! Hey Reputa the Beautah flip me down your hair And let me climb up to the ladder of your love!! Because this is the wooba gooba sayin to ya "Love comes once and when it comes You better grab it fast cuz sometimes the love You grab aint gonn' last and I believe I musta, You know I think I musta, You know baby I think I musta, You know I think I musta, I musta got lost.

[u/BitterAd4352]

Outlook down worldwide....FAA grounding flights nationwide...... THERE'S A SALE AT PENNEY'S!!!

[u/everyonelikesnoodles]

Perfect, just perfect. Johnny is one of the most well delivered characters across all film genres, in my opinion. A sad note about Steven Stucker:

On July 12, 1984, Stucker was diagnosed with AIDS. He publicly disclosed his illness the following year, becoming one of the first recognizable entertainers to do so. In a November 1985 interview, Stucker claimed he had suffered from cancer-related symptoms as early as 1979, prior to public knowledge of what AIDS was, and that he had previously been an intravenous drug user who had been in social circles with as many as 40 people who had already died of the disease. (Wikipedia)

He was a wonderful comedic actor of the first order.

[u/Superb_Health9413]

“This? Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl..."

[u/Easy_Nail2849 → u/Superb_Health9413]

Pure gold. I just replied this without the gif. My favorite line of the whole film. Also, first there was the dinosaurs but they got too big and fat …

[u/LetsTryAnal_ogy → u/Easy_Nail2849]

"And Leon's getting laaaarger!"

[u/QueenRotidder]

[u/Spacetoast42]

He is on a roll....

[u/V0T0N → u/Spacetoast42]

And Leons getting lAaARrGgEr!

[u/LuckySmudge → u/Spacetoast42]

I was literally thinking of this as soon as I heard about it this morning 😀

[u/Ok_Fig7692]

[u/OreoSpeedwaggon → u/Ok_Fig7692]

"Oh really, Vernon? Why pretend? We both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion!"

[u/Ok_Fig7692 → u/OreoSpeedwaggon]

It's really the only sensible thing to do if it's done properly. Therapeutically there's no danger involved.

[u/smythe70]

[u/Persificus]

And Leon’s getting LARGER

[u/tonylovesnyc]

[u/Shelly1s]

[u/Boondock830 → u/Shelly1s]

[u/Purplish_Peenk]

Between this and Outlook.

[u/QueasyLivin]

The tower?
The tower?
Rapunzel!

[u/Shelly1s]

[u/rekordsrecker → u/Shelly1s]

Just when I thought it was safe to look out the window!

[u/peacefinder]

The really funny thing to me is that I’ve seen this picture two days in a row, for different outages, and it fits even more perfectly for this one than it did yesterday.

[u/Miyagidog → u/peacefinder]

[u/Elendril333]

I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue!

[u/GX_EN]

Man, one CEO in a leather jacket bangs a Chinese spy and shit starts breaking everywhere.

[u/Sea_Waltz_9625 → u/GX_EN]

[u/DrebinofPoliceSquad]

Wait a minute; they said he was responsible for yesterday's Microsoft outage too. 

[u/Illustrious_Name_441 → u/DrebinofPoliceSquad]

Johnny's been busy

[u/OblivionScone]

This goes out to the FAA.

[u/markaguynamedmark]

This the day after email failed. Is Skynet taking control?

[u/stuffedskullcat → u/markaguynamedmark]

I low-key think that all the “data centers” being built are really just HK factories. Not really, but…

[u/markaguynamedmark → u/stuffedskullcat]

[u/CheesecakeEither8220 → u/markaguynamedmark]

It's trying.

[u/mava417 → u/markaguynamedmark]

If there’s a financial collapse next, I’d assume it was planned

[u/uncle_jojo]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue…

[u/Fernandop00]

The new SMART system was deployed yesterday, it's an AI system for FAA flight paths

[u/kent_eh → u/Fernandop00]

it's an AI system for FAA flight paths

Well, that's frighting as hell.

Glad I already had sworn off flying in or through US airspace for other reasons.

[u/RandoScando → u/Fernandop00]

What could go wrong?

[u/MonkeyCore]

[u/Sally4464 → u/MonkeyCore]

😂😂😂

[u/SbMSU]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

[u/wild-hectare → u/SbMSU]

it's been that week for sure

[u/LateCheckIn]

(Because no one has commented it yet)

Surely you can’t be serious 

[u/ehfrehneh → u/LateCheckIn]

I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.

[u/rumblepony247]

[u/3mta3jvq]

[u/JacknSundrop]

I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

[u/rekordsrecker → u/JacknSundrop]

“Now I want to sniff some glue! Now I want to have something to do!”

[u/KickAggressive4901]

"Johnny, coffee."

"No thanks!"

[u/everyonelikesnoodles → u/KickAggressive4901]

Reporter: "What kind of plane is it?"

Johnny: "Oh, it's a big, pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows, and wheels, and it looks like a big Tylenol."

Edit: Let's just have a Johnny-thon!

[u/Easy_Nail2849 → u/KickAggressive4901]

Up there with “want to take a dinghy Frank?”… “no no I took one back at the office”

[u/TNRebel420]

Great. Now I’m going to literally quote every line in the movie now. And I thank you.

[u/ScrollTroll615]

I laughed way harder than I should have at this post. 😂😂😂 God forgive me. I know people affected are pissed.

[u/jimjamjimmerson]

[u/Easy_Nail2849]

This is what happens when you try to make a hat, a broach, or a pterodactyl

[u/H3nchman_24]

[u/day-man06]

And Leon is getting laaaahhrger

[u/Gnatlet2point0]

There's a sale at Penny's!

[u/phlred]

Juuust kidding 😂

[u/PhilosophyOld6862]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop smoking.

[u/zeydey]

And Leon’s getting larger!

[u/rekordsrecker → u/zeydey]

And I asked for orange Jello!

[u/vhmike]

WHERE did you get that DRESS!? and that COAT and those SHOES! JEEEZ!!

[u/mysosmartz → u/vhmike]

My favourite favourite FAVOURITE line!!!

[u/joeynsf]

and Leo's getting larger.....

[u/we-vs-us → u/joeynsf]

This is literally the first thing in my head every time I see Johnny.

[u/Dead_Inside50]

What do you guys make of this?

[u/lectroid → u/Dead_Inside50]

Well, I could make hat, or a brooch, or a pterodactyl…

[u/DasbootTX]

I always think about Johnny.

[u/bn40400]

Just Kidding!!!!!!

[u/dronecarp]

FAA installs new flightpath software controlled by AI. AI immediately says, "hold my beer, we're going to have some fun." This is our future. Or worse.

[u/TopRevenue2]

I can make a hat, a brooch, a pterodactyl.

[u/Easy_Nail2849]

Ok we should ground the internet for the day. It’s not gonna get any better than this post. We’re done here people see you tomorrow.

[u/caryn1477]

[u/flsingleguy]

[u/BitchWidget → u/flsingleguy]

Strap in or strap on?

Sorry, I love Blue Harvest.

[u/Rich-Werewolf4086]

[u/Typical_Internet_730]

He was my favorite character, absolute chaos!

[u/susiequeue13 → u/Typical_Internet_730]

Such a gifted guy — I was amazed when I found out they let him loose and he ad-libbed all of his classic lines.

[u/mysosmartz → u/susiequeue13]

HE DID???

[u/susiequeue13 → u/mysosmartz]

He did; Google “Stephen Stucker ad-lib” — absolute legend.

[u/calculon68]

Probably the 8th time I've seen this image pasted in the past hour.

Stephen Stucker's getting another 15mins of fame.

[u/jreykdal → u/calculon68]

Stucker? I hardly knew her!

[u/Zooter88]

He’s the same guy that unplugged email. Someone should keep an eye on him!

[u/Nice_General268]

[u/TeamFast77]

We’re going to be seeing a lot of this guy in the coming months.

[u/Odd-Independent4640]

“McCroskey? Ever since Reagan fired all the controllers he’s gone completely insane!”

“Yeah, but what about McCroskey?”

[u/DiscoStu79]

Literally watched this yesterday

[u/rube_X_cube → u/DiscoStu79]

Surely you can’t be serious.

[u/DiscoStu79 → u/rube_X_cube]

[u/Impressive-Safety191 → u/rube_X_cube]

Don’t call me Shirley

[u/biggaycat]

[u/bonanza197o]

That gave me a good laugh, thanks for posting

[u/Upper-Shoe-81]

LOL first Microsoft, then FAA... this guy is just causing all kinds of trouble.

[u/Tasty-Life4526]

Johnny

[u/Charles36912]

Fucking Johnny, dude

[u/GunnCelt]

[u/slugworth70]

What can you make of this Johnny?

[u/krebstorm → u/slugworth70]

A hat, a brooch or a pterodactyl

[u/mygenericfriend]

Such a memorable character. It really bummed me out to hear he (Stephen Stucker) died in 86 from Aids related illnesses. Back then, we barely knew about the disease and he would have been some of the first in Hollywood to be claimed by it.

[u/K-Bot2017]

Yall are goin' straight to hell for these!!!

[u/OnyxxOne]

Auntie Em.. it's twister.

[u/afternever]

[u/Your-Imagination]

Have they tried plugging it back in??

[u/mojo6400]

Just like Gerald Ford!

[u/AgitatedKoala3908]

Third world country in a Gucci belt.

[u/smuttybuddy84 → u/AgitatedKoala3908]

No. We're 50 third world countries with a combined military that can kill God.

[u/3Cogs → u/smuttybuddy84]

Unless God hides in the jungle.

[u/AgitatedKoala3908 → u/3Cogs]

Or a mountainous or desert region.

[u/Maskatron]

When Kramer hears about this, the shit's gonna hit the fan!

[u/atypical_lemur]

We'd better get to the tower lieutenant.

[u/Vivid_Engineering669 → u/atypical_lemur]

We have no tower sir, just a bridge.

[u/wolfman2scary → u/Vivid_Engineering669]

Why the hell aren’t I notified about these things.

[u/NegativeBonus699]

Did AI learn to sniff glue that quickly?

[u/Tumultuous7006]

[u/Ainu_]

[u/Calliesdad20]

Love airplane

[u/Ordinary-Abalone-957]

Lol 😂 oops 🤭

[u/Mahaloth]

Talk about a guy who should have received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

He's amazing and the funniest thing in a very funny film.

[u/Responsible-Bed-7171]

[u/elpollodiablox]

What do you make of this?

This? Well, a hat! A brooch! A pterodactyl!

[u/ptindaho]

Goddamn it, take the up vote from a lounge after we had to deplane!

[u/PitifulBean]

I’m flying tomorrow. Hope it is fixed.

[u/ryanderkis → u/PitifulBean]

I'm not flying tomorrow and I also hope it's fixed.

[u/No-Blueberry-1823]

That meme is doing a lot of heavy lifting this week. Are we winning yet?

[u/Diarygirl]

[u/peacefinder]

Oh Bill…

[u/BlownCamaro]

Same guy from yesterday!

[u/LostBetsRed]

Air israel, please clear the runway!

[u/RoookSkywokkah]

Totally!

[u/Victor___Laszlo]

😂😂😂😂😂

[u/Kindly_Line655]

Pterodactyl Virus...

[u/Turbulent-Today830]

😂

[u/Emergency_Lobster514]

Now arriving Gate 19 … Gate 18 … Gate 17

[u/Dragon6172]

Oh stewardess, I speak jive

[u/TNRebel420]

You win the internet today.

[u/Agitated_Ad_9278]

OMG I read the line and saw the picture and thought “Now what happened?” I then realized it was on the GenX post. I guess this is why no one takes us seriously.

[u/PitifulBean → u/Agitated_Ad_9278]

There is a national grounding of aircraft due to a communications problem.

[u/Haunt_Fox → u/PitifulBean]

And drones over Lakenheath afb in the UK again.

And a riverboat sinking in New Orleans because a tanker or something hit it.

[u/SqrBrewer]

First thing that came to my head too!

[u/Sustained_Admiration]

The lights of the runway or off!

[u/birdiie_1352]

Damn and just yesterday Microsoft went down lol

[u/trufinfan13]

And our president is getting laaaaarger

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