U.S. FAA Makes Last-Minute Y2K Software Fix

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991230/pl/yk_airlines_1.html

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A Year 2000 software glitch that could have caused controllers to briefly see planes in old positions was fixed Thursday as government officials played down union charges that it could have endangered passengers. ``It is a very, very minor issue,'' Federal Aviation Administration chief Jane Garvey told reporters at the White House Y2K command center. The problem had the potential to cause computers that help air traffic controllers manage high-altitude traffic to display images of where the planes had been up to 10 seconds earlier.

Yes, a minor issue. A deadline of December 30th and a WHOLE DAY for testing.

-- hamster (hamster@mycage.com), December 30, 1999