Subject:	Re: Chaos hits Manchester airport
Date:	1999/07/17
Author:	cory hamasaki <kiyoinc@ibm.XOUT.net>
	Posting History

Hey waaaait-a-minute, why don't they just Poole their efforts with other airports? That way, orders of magnitude of savings will appear like magic. And what's this nonsense at the end about other problems? Everything's fine, right? There haven't been any Y2K problems, there's simpoole been a lack of perception engineering. Poolease Mark, when you say that they're clowns, you give clowns a bad name. Clowns are professional entertainers, these peopoole are bumbling phooles. Oh well, back to work, enough fun today. On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 04:16:17, Mark <mark3@mindsprin.com> wrote: > Any Pollys wanna ticket to Manchester? > > This happened the day these clowns announced their completed compliance. > > ************************************************ > 15/07 - The Y2K Bug strikes again > > The Y2K Bug has struck again. > > This time a Manchester airport has been thrown into > chaos following the installation of a Y2K-compliant > computer system. > > Some passengers have missed flights after > information screens displayed the wrong details > about their departures from Ringway. > > Other incidents since the new system came into use > on Monday include incorrect arrival times being > listed on the screens, incorrect information in the > arrival halls about which baggage carousel has which > flight's luggage, and incorrect information in > departure halls about where passengers should check > in. > > y2k-news.co.uk understands staff are using the > public address system to announce every departure > and putting up hand-written notices to update flight > information. > > A spokeswoman from the airport said they were doing > all they could to sort the problem out. > > "The new information system came into use on Monday > and unfortunately there have been teething problems, > which have caused some disruption. > > "We have also put information staff in the > operations tower so they can feed flight details > back to their colleagues in the terminals. > > "We have been working non-stop to sort out the > problems." > > The new Y2K-compliant system was installed as part > of the airport's work to prepare for the New Year. > > The trouble started on the same day the Civil > Aviation Authority announced all UK airports were > ready for Y2K. > > It follows Y2K-related problems at the Department > of Social Security and the Passport Office after > Y2K compliant computer systems were installed > recently. > ******************************************************* > > http://www.y2k-news.co.uk/klimaxnews/74.htm cory hamasaki http://www.kiyoinc.com/current.html 

-- a (a@a.a), July 20, 1999

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How many other gems are we in store for between now and New Year's Evil? The really Big Shoooooooeee is still five and a half months away......

-- Will continue (farming@home.com), July 20, 1999.

Anyone but a complete moron should be able to do the math here, and realize that these types of events, spread across all industries and occuring at roughly the same time, will bring the world to its knees.

-- King of Spain (madrid@aol.com), July 20, 1999.

Shivering in my boots....2 local high schools have bands flying out over the new years to play at special events. One of my friends is going along with her daughter on the trip. I feaked. I tried telling her abt flying....but somehow I don't think she will change her plans. How could high school officals be such idiots as to even consider something like this? They are putting childrens/adults life at risk for no reason. Any suggestion of any problems should rule out a large group going on an airline! Tragedy waiting to happen!

-- Moore Dinty moore (not@thistime.com), July 20, 1999.

Dinty (if I can be so presumptuous to not use your full name),

My best friends are flying out to San Diego during the weekend of the GPS rollover (August 21 - 22). I live in San Jose, and they want me to meet them their. I have told them not to fly that weekend, but they think that I am paranoid about Y2K. (Of course, the GPS rollover is not really a Y2K issue.) No one wants to listen. I fear for their safety.

-- Mr. Adequate (mr@adequate.com), July 20, 1999.

GPS rollover will at worst hit one of an airplane's many navigation systems. The others (ground-based radio beacons, air-traffic controllers, compass, airspeed, charts) will be unaffected. And this only if the airline has failed to upgrade its GPS kit, or the manufacturer has badly screwed up.

Pilots are trained to navigate using compass, sextant and eyes, since it's not inconcievable that a massive electrical failure in the plane could put all high-tech aids out of service. I don't know if this has ever happened on a civil flight (massive electrical failures tend to be accompanied by worse), but I do know that a civil jet pilot has used his knowledge of these techniques to help rescue a light aircraft lost over the Pacific when his radio-navigation failed.

It's the over-confident week-end yachtsman with a $100 GPS and no other navigation skill who is really at risk. (And, possibly, big- money financial systems that calculate interest to the millisecond using GPS time).

-- Nigel Arnot (nra@maxwell.ph.kcl.ac.uk), July 21, 1999.

Last night on the news they were talking about how a new computer system has been crashing constantly. Anyone buying a hunting or fishing license has to get it through this computer at various locations around the state. Many are waiting hours in line and then turned away. A spokesman for the state said, "We don't know what the problem is."

When I got my fishing license a few months ago the clerk told me I was lucky. The computer us down half the time.

I realize this is not life threatening but it's an indication of things to come.

-- GeeGee (GeeGee@madtown.com), July 21, 1999.