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SheilaT

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2. Ugh.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 02:58 PM

Apr 2013

I'm a former airline employee and I know what's this like, although back when I worked a crash of the reservations system didn't ground us, so I'm a bit puzzled by this.

One year, about a month before Thanksgiving, our system lost every single reservation that had been made for the week before and after Thanksgiving. They had to reconstruct the records, but couldn't get all of them, so it was an exceptionally bad holiday for us at the airport.

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FAA grounds all American Airlines flights due to computer crash [View all] dipsydoodle Apr 2013 OP

more info: Blue_Tires Apr 2013 #1

Ugh. SheilaT Apr 2013 #2

Another former airline employee here spiderpig Apr 2013 #3

Maybe DHS won't let them fly because they won't know who's on board? JBoy Apr 2013 #7

Years ago I used to work on the reservation systems ... this shouldn't take down ground operations, RKP5637 Apr 2013 #4

exactly Redford Apr 2013 #5

Does weight an balance and flight planning Downwinder Apr 2013 #6

All American Airlines flights grounded nationwide till at least 4 p.m. CDT FarCenter Apr 2013 #8

It's just been extended to 7p.m. According to link in the OP... KoKo Apr 2013 #9

Just what I needed to hear. DFW Apr 2013 #10

Sad when Jet Blue sounds more reliable. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #11

Nothing I can do now DFW Apr 2013 #13

I'm surprised after 9/11 that the United States didn't come up with a National Airline.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #14

Reminds me of KoKo Apr 2013 #19

Depending on how recently this was DFW Apr 2013 #20

Maybe selling off the SABRE system wasn't such a great idea. sinkingfeeling Apr 2013 #12

Did they buy their new one from Diebold? Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #15

Probably VA_Jill Apr 2013 #16

Or maybe they updated to Windows 8? csziggy Apr 2013 #17

The last I ran VA_Jill Apr 2013 #21

I'm running Win 7 and it's fine csziggy Apr 2013 #22

LOL...and the UseLess Air merger hasn't even happened yet! SoapBox Apr 2013 #18