The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so we ordered a 10-day shut down bc of a balloon?

It was probably a “junior staffer.” Maybe the same one blamed for the disgusting Obama monkey video clip?

+1. Seems like a lot of blaming of “junior staffers” going around. Yet they don’t seem to exist.

[Anonymous]

I’d like a “Marked safe from Mexican party balloons” flag for my profile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

If the military is going to conduct live fire near airplanes then I fully support closing down airspace. This sounds like the FAA playing hardball in the face of military arrogance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If the military is going to conduct live fire near airplanes then I fully support closing down airspace. This sounds like the FAA playing hardball in the face of military arrogance.

Well if we shot down a party balloon by mistake, who knows what else we might hit.

[Anonymous]

Ted took a break from his beach vacations to call for a hearing. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/11/congress/cruz-calls-for-classified-briefing-after-texas-airspace-closure-00777407

Cruz calls for classified briefing after Texas airspace closure

The Senate Commerce Committee chair said that what happened is still unclear.

[Anonymous]

Well, this aged well. 🙄

"Something bad.

Something terrible beyond anything terrible we can imagine.

He just keeps being the worst of the worst."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, this aged well. 🙄

"Something bad.

Something terrible beyond anything terrible we can imagine.

He just keeps being the worst of the worst."

The USA hasn’t shut an airport for 10 days since 9/11. To do it with no notice to airlines or travelers, is not normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so we ordered a 10-day shut down bc of a balloon?

It was probably a “junior staffer.” Maybe the same one blamed for the disgusting Obama monkey video clip?

+1. Seems like a lot of blaming of “junior staffers” going around. Yet they don’t seem to exist.

Trump never knew him. The junior staffer just delivered coffee once...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, this aged well. 🙄

"Something bad.

Something terrible beyond anything terrible we can imagine.

He just keeps being the worst of the worst."

It still stands. They shot down a party balloon. The most stupid of the stupid.

They shut down airports over a party balloon.

[Anonymous]

I don’t believe it. Getting rid of evidence with incinerators in those warehouses makes better sense.

[Anonymous]

This is rich!

According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is rich!

According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.

Yup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, this aged well. 🙄

"Something bad.

Something terrible beyond anything terrible we can imagine.

He just keeps being the worst of the worst."

The USA hasn’t shut an airport for 10 days since 9/11. To do it with no notice to airlines or travelers, is not normal.

I'm talking about the gross hyperbole - as usual. "Something terrible beyond anything terrible we can imagine." I mean, do you people hear yourselves?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MS NOW: "A congressional official with knowledge of the matter is telling MS NOW the cause of the shutdown of El Paso airspace is a lack of communication between the Pentagon and FAA. The official told us the FAA and DOD are 'not in clear communications with each other.'"


Incompetence, it is.

Don’t believe the cover story. This is a Republican Party operation most likely involving drugs and sex traffickers. Just wait.

No, the above explanation makes sense and we have already seen this before. The DOD is not careful with their activities in commercial airspace, and the FAA is reacting to that by closing airspace when it realizes that potential or actual military activity is posing a risk to commercial flights. The DOD is too incompetent and/or does not care. I guess the tragedy at DCA wasn't enough for them. They act with hubris and impunity, and more innocent people will end up paying the price.

No, that doesn't make sense. Absolutely no one at Ft. Bliss was aware of air space closures. The Army was as surprised as anyone. There is some speculation that the El Paso City Council was likely to reject ICE demands to build detention facilities. So this was the federal government - Sean Duffy at DOT specifically - closing air space for 10 days out of spite. And that tracks with the overall cruelty and incompetence of the federal government in 2026.

Please go read the latest news on this and you will see that I am right. Lack of coordination and coordination between different entities. And now CBP is getting in on the fun which is just great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t believe it. Getting rid of evidence with incinerators in those warehouses makes better sense.

Agree