Ground stop at JFK due to staffing

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Post by akersten » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 1:48 AM UTC

Ground stop at JFK due to staffing
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Re: Ground stop at JFK due to staffing

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Post by slater » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 2:02 AM UTC

Get Kennedy Steve back in there!

Re: Ground stop at JFK due to staffing

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Post by bragr » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 2:36 AM UTC

slater wrote: post #2

Get Kennedy Steve back in there!

I think even Kennedy Steve wouldn't do it just for the love of the game. At this point you have to figure a lot of the people calling out "sick" are just doing it so they can Uber or door dash or something like that to come up with money for a car payment or rent/mortgage.

Re: Ground stop at JFK due to staffing

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Post by matmo » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 2:37 AM UTC

What does this actually mean? All flights around JFK are cancelled until further notice? Can someone translate? Does this affect EWR and LGA?

Re: Ground stop at JFK due to staffing

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Post by otterley » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 2:39 AM UTC

matmo wrote: post #4

What does this actually mean? All flights around JFK are cancelled until further notice? Can someone translate? Does this affect EWR and LGA?

Any flights that are to depart for JFK but are still on the ground must stay put until the expiration or cancellation of the stop. No, it doesn’t impact other airports.

Re: Ground stop at JFK due to staffing

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Post by andreybaskov » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 2:43 AM UTC

I once landed a GA airplane in a very busy uncontrolled class C airport that closed its tower at 4pm due to staff shortage, but was still operational. Since then I have a tremendous respect for aviation resilience to any single point failure. I imaging having entire JFK on CTAF isn't an option though.

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Post by irjustin » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 2:44 AM UTC

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Post by johncolanduoni » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 2:49 AM UTC

The things that are and aren’t considered essential enough to fund during a government shutdown are insane. Is this enshrined in a statute somewhere? Feels like adding air traffic controllers to that list should be a no-brainer (and broadly politically popular).

Re: Ground stop at JFK due to staffing

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Post by sgloutnikov » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 2:49 AM UTC

slater wrote: post #2

Get Kennedy Steve back in there!

Kennedy Steve is a legend, loved listening to JFK when he was on. Here's an interview with him for the fans if they have missed it [0].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1cKfZatlQ4

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Post by delfinom » Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 2:50 AM UTC

matmo wrote: post #4

What does this actually mean? All flights around JFK are cancelled until further notice? Can someone translate? Does this affect EWR and LGA?

Flights are delayed, however since planes are choreographed by airlines for maximum utilization, long enough delays and you will see mass cancellations, potentially across large swaths of the country.

i.e. a plane for one route might go between various different cities in 24 hours, with different crew each time of course before it gets back to the first route.