An Update on the FAA Nationwide Ground Stop from Scott Kirby

I am proud of each and every one of our United Airlines team members who worked tirelessly over the past few days to support our customers throughout the disruptions caused by the extraordinary FAA ground stop affecting the entire nation. Also, thanks to our customers for their patience as our teams worked to get them safely to their destinations and keep them informed along the way.

The FAA took decisive action to keep our airspace safe and secure. The controllers and all the leadership at the ATC also worked around the clock (and continue to do so today) once the systems came back up - thank you.

At the same time, our Air Traffic Control system needs more investment in modern technology to ensure better redundancy and reliability now. I have spoken directly with the Secretary of Transportation and the FAA Administrator as well as Republican and Democratic aviation leaders in Congress about the impact to United's operation, employees, and our customers.

Transportation has a long history of being bipartisan, and I can personally attest to the strong support of both Chair Cruz and Chair Graves as well as the incoming Chairs, Senator Cantwell and Representative Larsen. I've spoken to leaders on both sides of the aisle in the last 24 hours and can confirm that they're committed to modernizing the U.S. ATC system while holding the FAA accountable at the same time.

This moment must be a call to action.

It is critical for safety, our passengers, and our economy that we fix our nation's Air Traffic Control system now. The FAA has incredible people who work hard, keep the skies safe, and take pride in what they do.

They need to get to 100% staffing and to have the funds to modernize the technology. And they need and deserve 100% support from all of us.

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