They hooked up the old system decades ago, the last time they had to ground all flights was 09/11/2001, and it wasn’t because anything went wrong with the ATC system.
2 months in regional areas and 3 days nationwide is not really impressive in any way except for how quickly their shit fucked up the existing functional and reliable system that has worked without fail for decades.
They hooked SMART up 3 days before the shutdown, and over 2 months ago in DC and FL.
They hooked up the old system decades ago, the last time they had to ground all flights was 09/11/2001, and it wasn’t because anything went wrong with the ATC system.
2 months in regional areas and 3 days nationwide is not really impressive in any way except for how quickly their shit fucked up the existing functional and reliable system that has worked without fail for decades.