'LACK OF INFORMATION': Jonathan Turley recounts FAA ground stop chaos

. >> Bret: THANK YOU. JOINING US NOW, FOX NEWS. CONTRIBUTOR JONATHAN TURLEY AT. AN AIRPORT IN PORTLAND MAINE. I'M SORRY YOU ARE STUCK WITH. EVERYBODY ELSE. WHAT ARE YOU EXPERIENCING? >> EVERYTHING SHORT OF HUMAN. SACRIFICE. I WAS ACTUALLY ON A PLANE, ABOUT. TO TAKE OFF. AND WE JUST GOT A NATIONAL. GROUNDING ORDER. AND WE HAVE TO TAKE YOU BACK.

AND IT DID NOT APPEAR VERY. HOPEFUL. THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S BEEN A. LACK OF INFORMATION. PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO WAIT. AND MANY HAVE NOW GIVEN UP. PEOPLE ARE JUST LEAVING IN. FRUSTRATION. WHAT IS SURPRISING IS THAT THERE. IS NOT MORE OF AN UPDATE FROM. THE FAA. THERE ARE STATEMENTS THAT THEY. DON'T EXPECT ANY CHANGE BY. MIDNIGHT. BUT IF THAT IS THE CASE, MANY OF. THESE CREWS GO TO TIMEOUT.

THAT'S A PROBLEM WITH THESE. DELAYS. UNDER FAA RULES, CREWS CAN. TIMEOUT. AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE A CREW. YOU HAVE A PLANE AND NO ONE THAT. IS GOING TO FLY IT. NONE OF THAT INFO HAS BEEN. SHARED. SO PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING FOR THE. AIRLINE PEOPLE. I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM. THEY LITERALLY HAVE NO MORE. INFORMATION THEN WE DO. PEOPLE ARE TURNING TO THE. INTERNET, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS A. GOOD IDEA. AND THEY ARE READING ALL TYPES.

OF BIZARRE THINGS. FROM IRANIAN CYBERATTACKS TO THE. SMART SYSTEM. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF. DISINFORMATION GOING AROUND. AND I THINK FIFA COULD PROBABLY. PUT SOME OF THAT TO BAD, IF THEY. WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE. FORTHCOMING ABOUT WHERE THEY. EXPECT THEY WILL BE GOING IN. TERMS OF THIS GROUNDING-- THE. FAA. >> AND YOU MAKE THAT POINT IN.

THE POST EARLIER ABOUT THE. CREWS. I MENTIONED ON AIR, TIMING OUT, HAVING ALL THOSE FLIGHTS, THE. DOMINO EFFECT THAT WILL HAVE. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> Reporter: BRET, THE OPTICS. ARE NOT GREAT. I AM A BIG FAN OF. SECRETARY DUFFY. I THINK HE IS A FANTASTIC. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION. BUT IF YOU GO ON, HE HAS THIS. PINNED STORY ABOUT HOW GREAT THE. SMART SYSTEM IS. AND FROM HERE ON IN THERE WILL. BE FEWER DELAYS OR FEWER. INTERRUPTIONS. NOT EXACTLY THE THING YOU WANT.

TO SEE WHEN YOU ARE WITH A MASS. OF HUMANITY STUCK IN A SMALL. AIRPORT IN PORTLAND MAINE. THE RUMOR THAT IS GOING AROUND, AS YOU JUST SAID, PERHAPS A. COINCIDENCE, WITH THE SMART. SYSTEM GOING ONLINE, AND THIS. FAILURE COULD BE RELATED. WE JUST DON'T KNOW. AND THE FAA, I THINK THEY WOULD. HELP A LOT OF FOLKS OUT IF-- IF. THEY DON'T EXPECT THIS TO BE. LIFTED BY MIDNIGHT, YOU NEED TO. TELL PEOPLE. THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WITH.

CHILDREN. FOR ME, IT DOES NOT MATTER. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WITH. CHILDREN. YOU COULD PROBABLY TAKE THOSE. KIDS TO A HOTEL SOMEWHERE AND. NOT HAVE THEM SIT HERE. >> Bret: THAT IS RIGHT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASK. QUESTIONS AND PUT OUT THE. OFFICIAL STATEMENTS. BUT YOU HAVE TO CONNECT THE DOTS. AT SOME POINT. IF THEY ARE.