What Kind Of People Plan On Flying Knowing That A Very Powerful Winter Storm is Headed To Their Area?

So many flights cancelled this holiday and people are complaining. They knew it was coming. Some stranded for days and their luggage piling up.

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Heartlander · 80-89, M

Hearing about all the flight cancellations and delays I think it may be time for President Biden to direct the USAF and USAF Reserves to help get the people moving.

There are hundreds of jumbo C-5s, C-17s and crews able to be mobilized within a couple of hours.

While the weather may have closed a number of airports down for a few hours, once the storms have passed and the runways cleared, the airports are again operational. So what's causing the cancellations and delays have more to do with staffing and misaligned resources. Even with light snow, snowplows make periodic passes to keep airports open.

There's historical precedence for the military to come to the rescue of stranded passengers overloading the existing airline resources. Listen to the news reports, it may be that time again.