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TexasTowelie

(127,350 posts) Fri Jan 13, 2023, 12:49 AM Jan 2023

FAA contractors may have caused travel meltdown, Buttigieg orders review - NBC News

NBC News has learned that one or two FAA contract employees may have caused the computer failure that grounded thousands of flights yesterday. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tells Tom Costello in an exclusive interview that he’s ordering the FAA to review the matter.

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FAA contractors may have caused travel meltdown, Buttigieg orders review - NBC News (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2023 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author onecaliberal Jan 2023 #1

Kick dalton99a Jan 2023 #2

"It's not clear if it was out of malice or if it was a case of human error..." Rhiannon12866 Jan 2023 #3

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by... Steven Maurer Jan 2023 #8

"30-year-old software not due to be replaced for another six years..." Rhiannon12866 Jan 2023 #9

Wow, sounds like the company I work for! ... aggiesal Jan 2023 #4

If anyone's going to get to the bottom of this Secretary Pete is the man. littlemissmartypants Jan 2023 #5

Kick burrowowl Jan 2023 #6

Data damage types Tetrachloride Jan 2023 #7

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dalton99a

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2. Kick

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Fri Jan 13, 2023, 01:10 AM

Jan 2023

Rhiannon12866

(255,525 posts)

3. "It's not clear if it was out of malice or if it was a case of human error..."

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Fri Jan 13, 2023, 03:23 AM

Jan 2023

Steven Maurer

(510 posts)

8. Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by...

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 13, 2023, 03:51 AM

Jan 2023

... you know the rest.

This goes double for software.

Rhiannon12866

(255,525 posts)

9. "30-year-old software not due to be replaced for another six years..."

Reply to Steven Maurer (Reply #8)

Fri Jan 13, 2023, 03:54 AM

Jan 2023

Now that is scary...

aggiesal

(10,804 posts)

4. Wow, sounds like the company I work for! ...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jan 13, 2023, 03:24 AM

Jan 2023

I thought it was only us, apparently the FAA works the same way.
😳😳😳😳

littlemissmartypants

(33,588 posts)

5. If anyone's going to get to the bottom of this Secretary Pete is the man.

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Fri Jan 13, 2023, 03:35 AM

Jan 2023

He looks pissed. I love him. ❤️

burrowowl

(18,494 posts)

6. Kick

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Fri Jan 13, 2023, 03:44 AM

Jan 2023

Tetrachloride

(9,624 posts)

7. Data damage types

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Fri Jan 13, 2023, 03:47 AM

Jan 2023

The data structure

1. the “physical “ data structure is damaged
2. the “serial numbers “ of some rows …

The indices (pointers)

3. the data structure of the indices
4. some contents of the pointers to rows in Data Structure

Settings:

5. once again, structure of the settings
6. the contents thereof

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