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The FAA only has direct authority over civilian flights. They can't unilaterally suspend military flight operations anywhere (like the military helicopter flight involved in the recent mishap), although in this case I assume the military will voluntarily go along with a request.

They do have authority over certain airspaces and this is one of them. They can tell the military not to fly over certain airspace.

That's definitely a great improvement.

Seems like a bit of an overcorrection. They might want to re-think their criteria for allowing visual separation inside of class B. ATC already has discretion over when visual separation is applicable, and they could raise the visibility threshold for when it's allowed.

> Seems like a bit of an overcorrection.

Permanent suspension would likely be an overcorrection. Indefinite suspension while reviewing the routes and options seems reasonable.

Take a few days or weeks to figure out what the new rule should be, and then move to that.

Sounds like a political decision - closing the gate after the horse has bolted.