More insane babblings from the Minstrel of Millennial Madness? You be the judge.

Subject:	More Evidence Of Global Y2K failure
Date:	1999/05/24
Author:	fedinfo <fedinfo@halifax.com>
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May 23 1999 EUROPE     European airports heading for millennium computer crash     by Stephen Bevan and Lois Jones     SOME of Europe's busiest airports and air traffic control centres have fallen seriously behind in their plans to deal with the millennium bug, the software problem that could bring computers worldwide grinding to a halt at the new year. A Sunday Times investigation has revealed that destinations such as the three main Paris airports, plus others in Spain, Italy, Romania and at Luton, may be unable to complete the work needed to eliminate the problem by the end of this year. Experts have predicted chaos and warned that passengers could be at risk.   =============   The facts and evidence are clear. Only the cognitive dissonance of the pollyannas aids them in their self-deception.   With air traffic scrambled economies will quickly crumble. Think of it. Germany, Spain, Italy, France. No functioning air traffic. The world's economy is dependent upon it. Profitability is not possible without it.   Air travel is only one tiny cog in the global economic machine.   And it is failing. Along with all the rest.   http://www.sunday- times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/99/05/23/stifgneur01008.html?1733620 -- Paul Milne If you live within five miles of a 7-11, you're toast. --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- ---Share what you know. Learn what you don't.---

-- a (a@a.a), May 24, 1999

Answers

ahh, c'mon... what about going manual? : )

who said...

"just flew in from LA and boy my arms are tired"...

Henny Youngman?

Mike ====================================================================

-- Michael Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), May 24, 1999.

(1) What the article implied was that some airports (Gatwick, Heathrow, possible some of the Continental airports) will be open. I would expect to see vastly reduced air traffic (after some initial failures), maybe on the scale of the 2/3 reduction planned in the eastern Pacific. This is not a total collapse, but still a serious degredation of global commerce.

(2) Even non-compliant airports could be used to a very limited extent. Runways are compliant! Aircraft can land at scheduled one hour intervals to avoid conflicts. Passengers can deplane via stairs and carry their own luggage through terminals.

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), May 24, 1999.

It's always a comfort to know that the guys in the control towers have radar equipment to keep all the neighborhood traffic in sight, even light planes that may not have filed a flight schedule. And thay they have reliable communications with planes in the area. Take away that confidence and I wonder how many passenger airlines will want their aircraft to fly? Or how many pilots would volunteer?

-- Tom Carey (tomcarey@mindspring.com), May 24, 1999.