If you’re headed out to the airport, be sure to check your flight status. A “communications breakdown” at the Federal Aviation Administration is causing delays at nearly every single major airport in the country right now. WTOP helps us out with some specifics: flights out of BWI are grounded this afternoon, Reagan National is experiencing delays, while Dulles still seems to be humming along just fine. Although the FAA says their computers are having problems “processing data,” (which includes flight plans) they are assuring people that flights in the air are safe. However, CNN quotes their “aviation expert” as saying, “This has potential as time goes on to turn into a much bigger mess.” Awesome. Hope you all have local back-up plans for Labor Day.