Flight log

[jon-nyc]

Thought I’d start a thread to report on whether/how much travel sucks in this record-breaking shutdown given my numerous flights over the next 10 days.

I’m at LGA. I woke up to a message saying the flight was delayed 85 minutes. Fortunately that will not screw up my day if it doesn’t get worse.

Through security in <5m with Clear + TSA PreCheck. Just PreCheck had a wait time of 30 minutes. Can’t imagine what non-precheck is like.

[jon-nyc]

Delay is now 2hrs and 17m.

They added 50m to the delay just 4m before boarding was supposed to start.

[jon-nyc]

Just so you know I’ll be periodically sending links to this thread to Chuck Schumer’s office. Maybe my suffering can serve a purpose.

[89th]

On the plus side, maybe Chuck will join and start posting here!

Those delays suck already. I have flown first class only once (on a trip to DC) and even then the Precheck line was faster than the "1st class" line.

BTW... surprised we don't have a thread on the UPS crash yet.

[jon-nyc]

Apparently it was close enough to Dewey’s house that he could smell the fires in his house.

[jon-nyc]

Now it’s 3hr 20m delayed. I’ll be late to my first meeting.

[jon-nyc]

By the way I would have gotten there quicker had I driven and left my house at the same time.

I even thought about it this morning but I didn’t get enough sleep to drive 4 hours.

[jon-nyc]

There’s maybe 20 people on the plane. It was 3/4 full when I checked in last night.

[Axtremus]

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/05/flights-delays-airports-cancellations-faa

Trump administration just issued order to 40 major airports to cut flights by 10% starting Friday.

I am scheduled to fly tomorrow.

Fingers crossed.

[Mik]

Just made reservations for Christmas trip. Hopefully this will be over by then.

[jon-nyc]

I fly back to NY tomorrow. The good news is Friday’s trip is DC, which I could drive to if necessary.