Flying during the FAA Shutdown!

On January 11th, 2023, the FAA called for a nationwide ground stop due to technical issues within their system. What was it really like flying during this ground stop? For me, it was really nerve wracking! Right as we were taking off, I was watching the news and saw a report that the FAA was stopping all planes! I was very confused at first, as we were taxiing to take off, and then proceeded to take off! I quickly went to twitter to check if it was true, and sure enough it was! We were originally headed to Atlanta to catch a flight to Tokyo (next post!) but we were rerouted to Greensboro and had to sit there for almost an hour and a half! Eventually the stop was lifted, but at that point I was bound to miss my connecting flight in Atlanta to Tokyo! But… thankfully I made it! Online tracking didn’t show my flight to Tokyo as delayed, so I had assumed that I missed it, but when I got to the gate everyone was still waiting there and boarding hadn’t even started 😅 Hopefully nothing like this happens again because it sure wasn’t fun!#FAA #groundstop #atlanta #tokyo #delta