LOL apparently those of us on the Fediverse were more aware of what was going on yesterday than... pilots on the tarmac.
CNN:
"... Airlines were also inconsistent in their communications with fliers. Bryson Moser of Millersburg, Indiana, said he was stuck on a runway at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for roughly eight hours before his flight to Charleston, South Carolina, was eventually canceled.
“Our pilot was cut off from United,” Moser told CNN. “Every pilot on the runway said they were having no luck. Call after call to the airline for what to do, with no answer. Our pilot did his best to tell us what he could.” ..."
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/11/14/media/air-traffic-grounded-flights-duffy-mullin
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@ai6yr eight hours in a plane on a runway is against the Geneva convention