Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification
Aircraft; Company Policy
After level off at cruise altitude FLXX0 I noticed a small crack in the lower left corner of the Captain's windshield.  Approximately XX minutes later there was a complete failure of the outer layers of the Captain's windshield which caused spiderweb cracking everywhere. We elected to advise ATC and land successfully at nearby ZZZ airport without any further complications and parked at the terminal gate.This aircraft had been parked at ZZZ1 for a number of months. I would surmise that this contributed significantly to this event.Require these aircraft that have been parked for such a long period of time to be test flown first.
Air carrier pilot reported the Captain's windshield cracked in cruise and the flight diverted successfully. Pilot surmised that the plane's lengthy time being parked contributed to the event.