August 19, 2015: A “glitch” (fancy non-meaningful “we’re not responsible” government comment) in an automated flight routing system on the east coast resulted in lengthy delays and flight cancelations throughout the country over the weekend — one of the busier end of summer times for flying. The FAA did identify the culprit as a flight routing system in Virginia that “glitched” and resulted in hundreds of flights not leaving on time, some not leaving at all and the ripple effect throughout the US that left thousands stranded from coast to coast. Looks like most flying was back to normal on Monday. Hopefully this just adds to the concern of how outdated the US air traffic control system is and brings forward the extensive delays in upgrading equipment around the country — taxes we all pay on each and every ticket go to help the government upgrade the system — well, maybe are intended that way anyway?
