Consumers confident in aviation

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Consumers confident in aviation Tuesday, 21 December 1999 17:14 (GMT)

(UPI Focus) Consumers confident in aviation WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) - A new poll by the Air Transport Association shows Tuesday that the public has high confidence in the airline industry's Y2K efforts. Just 14 percent of those questioned believed that the Y2K computer bug would cause major problems. That is a dramatic drop from the 48 percent response when the same question was asked in June 1998. The poll, which was commissioned by the airline industry's Y2K program, showed 83 percent of consumers said that they had a great deal or a fair amount of confidence in the major airline companies' readiness for Y2K and in their ability to handle any Y2K computer-related problems. Confidence in the Federal Aviation Administration and in airplane manufacturers was also high at 78 percent. In an additional gauge of public confidence in aviation, the poll asked 800 consumers whether or not they had changed their plans to avoid flying on or around Jan. 1, 2000. Less than 7 percent said that they had changed their plans because of Y2K fears and only 2 percent said that they planned to avoid flying on Dec. 31, 1999 and Jan. 1. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.46 percent. Last week, ATA announced that they expected a record 34.2 million people would travel by air over the two and one-half week holiday period. New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are traditionally among the lightest travel days of the holiday season, with this year being no exception. On Jan. 1, 1.3 million travelers are expected, compared with 1.6 million on the same day in 1999. "Thousands of people throughout the industry have been working hard to ensure a smooth transition to the new millennium," said ATA President Carol B. Hallett. "We're confident it will be as safe to fly on January 1, 2000 as it is today and I'm very happy to see that confidence shared by the public. " Hallett noted that travel for this years' holiday period is extremely strong, with over 700,000 more people traveling than in the same period last year. "Air travelers recognize how much work has gone into tackling the Y2K issue for the airline industry and this poll clearly shows that they understand that we are ready," she concluded.

-- Roland (nottelling@nowhere.com), December 21, 1999

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-- Roland (nottelling@nowhere.com), December 21, 1999.


LOL, these dang new agers believe we'll all just use "positive thinking" for a work-around? But the poll of sheeples says aviation is hunky-doorie....sheez.

-- Hokie (nn@va.com), December 21, 1999.

By the way - This ATA makes all its its money from travelers and airport runway fees ..... if people don't fly because of year 2000 concerns, the ATA loses money.

--- But we all know that only shameless y2k-hucksters and frauds make money from the hype....anybody offering preparation tools or services is a money-grubbing scoundrel...not at all like these guys trying to "protect the public"...

..Yeah right. Wonder how much the ATA/an airport/airline/FAA can get sued when/if the possible happens and any (Lord I hope not!) plane crashes on landing......

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), December 21, 1999.


Er, but nobody's flying. Watch what they do, not what they say.

-- Servant (public_service@yahoo.com), December 22, 1999.

Perhaps they'll change their minds after this AP story makes the rounds:

New Zealand Radar System Crashes

Or perhaps not. Some folks may just enjoy the thrill of edge sports like "air travel during the Century Date Change".

-- Mac (sneak@lurk.com), December 22, 1999.



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