Frank Mallicoat among passengers stranded by ground stop

It's affecting thousands of travelers, and that includes a member of the KTVU family. Our own Frank Malicote was in San Diego. Well, still in San Diego right now, trying to fly back to the Bay Area, but having some trouble and stuck at the airport. Frank, we appreciate you checking in with us. So obviously your flight, one of many that's, I don't know what it is. Is it delayed or canceled at this point? You're stuck at the airport and can't get out. Yeah, good point. I've been here since 10 o'clock, and we don't really know, to be honest with you. If we got a shot at getting out tonight, I'm sure that presser will help a little bit. We heard 6.30. We might get some word, but a lot of us are hanging out. I just happen to be getting ready for the light bit. Introduce myself to this gentleman, Don Johnson, who's a retired Southwest pilot. Don, what do you think? Yeah, man, it's pretty. I hadn't had anything like this since 9-11. So a major distraction for all the airlines individually. Tomorrow will be a huge recovery day. Yeah, can you describe what tomorrow is going to be like? Say they get it fixed late tonight, and I know there's a curfew here, right? You can't get out past 11, 11.30. Right, there may be some leeway on the curfew possibly, but how much How much effort it takes to recover the operations for all the companies tomorrow will kind of depend on how late it goes tonight. And then I think when they start flying, it'll be a slow recovery, so it's going to be, it's going to put them through all day. One good thing is that. All the companies have a lighter schedule than Saturday, so there's less airplanes on demand. But it does dominoes, flights that are coming in at 4 or 5 o'clock. They're going to turn around tomorrow and go to Michigan or Louisiana, whatever. Yeah, and the crews are going to go past their FAA legal limits time-wise, and they're going to time out, and they're going to recoup. So it's going to have all kinds of effects. And so you were gonna probably stand by, where are you going to and what is your plan? We're headed to Sacramento for a wedding and then, but our plan right now is to go to my daughter's house and spend the night then reach, try to get to New Orleans. Maybe a beer and a fish taco tonight, right? Yeah, that sounds- That would be awesome. Thank you very much. For sure. Appreciate your insight. Don Johnson, retired pilot with Southwest. So it's kind of a waiting game here, guys. You can see directly behind Don and I is the bar, which has been a very popular venue here at the Southwest Terminal. But a lot of folks have gone home. A lot of folks are gonna spend the night and And, you know, see what happens tomorrow. But those that are hanging by. My luggage is still on the plane. So I'm waiting to get my luggage. And there was probably a couple dozen planes that were getting ready to taxi out that had luggage. So Don, what happens here? Will they pull that out? That's another. Dog in the wheel of trying to get back to people or some people are going to try to fly and see if we're going to go home. So yeah, kind of a mess. We're all there. A cluster, no doubt about it. All right, Frank, really appreciate it. Wishing you and Don safe travels. Absolutely. Okay, guys. See you, Frank. See you sometime. Yeah, thank you very much. Thank you. Really appreciate it, folks. We are going to continue with our breaking news coverage of this ground stop nationwide.