[jimtorr]

Sorry for the length of this article. You have to be able to log-in to get this article today, but it will be on their public site in a couple of days. The link above goes to the subscriber-only section. The public site is at "www.AviationNow.com/awst".

[KSCITYBOY]

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[jimtorr]

I know that much of this info has already been splashed all over most of the media outlets in the world, but this is the first reporting I've seen done that brings together the whole sequence of events from the air traffic control side. Also, I had no idea that there were so many airplanes in the air on any given day. Over 5,000 of them!

[Poohbah]

A fascinating story. It gives an idea of why things happened the way they did--and kudos to the FAA Herndon office for recognizing the threat as quickly as they did.

[Faithfull]

Another thing not reported...a few pilots were told by the FAA after questioning why they could not land where they were scheduled- "you either bring the plane down now or we'll bring it down for you"

[ReaganCowboy]

A friend of mine was in the room when the decision to ground and then land everything was made. It wasn't by consensus -- one junior FAA civilian made the call, and the boss(es) backed him up after the order went out. One very junior, very smart man...with big moxie.

[Samwise]

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