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Recursion

(56,582 posts) Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:56 AM Jan 2019

Cargo flies overnight

If LGA isn't open in time for FedEx's and UPS's planes to land there, we're no longer talking about 0.13% per week GDP hit, we're talking about a massive and abrupt contraction. Particularly if BWI and PHL have to close today too.

Three days of reduced cargo transit on the East Coast and we're in a recession. Five and we start running out of food.

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Cargo flies overnight (Original Post) Recursion Jan 2019 OP

Trump probably thinks it's a great way to stop Amazon dalton99a Jan 2019 #1

The ground stop has been lifted but there are still significant delays. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #2

and o'hare. it's cold here today. mopinko Jan 2019 #3

dalton99a

(81,599 posts)

1. Trump probably thinks it's a great way to stop Amazon

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:58 AM

Jan 2019

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,869 posts)

2. The ground stop has been lifted but there are still significant delays.

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 12:00 PM

Jan 2019

LGA was never completely closed. What ATC did was stop allowing departures and arrivals temporarily because they were understaffed. No airport is going to close completely but we can expect more and more of these ground stops if the shutdown continues. I'm surprised ATL hasn't done it yet.

mopinko

(70,243 posts)

3. and o'hare. it's cold here today.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 12:41 PM

Jan 2019

gonna be worse over the next few days.
add a foot or so of snow to this mess and we in deep.

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