Didn’t the same sort of outage hit Alaska Airlines a few weeks ago? I’m sure the ATC computer system is in need of updating, I hope it gets updated quickly and with enhanced ed security features. The two outages might make one wonder if they might have been somehow connected.

Not what you want to read before flying tonight! Turkish Airlines IAH-IST-DAR at 9:00 pm.

How can a country with the greatest tech companies in the world have such an antiquated mess at the FAA?

Fault is an interesting concept. I was at a mediation in Chicago yesterday at an ADR (alternative dispute resolution) center and there was a picture in the lobby of a woman holding a sign that said "It has to be somebody's fault". And that seems to be the attitude these days. No one takes responsibility for their own actions. It has to be someone else's fault.

For example, tragically, a hunter from Dallas was killed by a Cape Buffalo recently. A lawyer took that case. I told him he was crazy to take it. But he did and now they will try to blame the PH and outfitter, which hopefully will be a fools errand, but with the morons on juries these days, who knows.

But if you carry that to it's logical conclusion, nothing good that happens is your fault either, so you can't take credit for anything you accomplish. Silly really.

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For example, tragically, a hunter from Dallas was killed by a Cape Buffalo recently. A lawyer took that case. I told him he was crazy to take it. But he did and now they will try to blame the PH and outfitter, which hopefully will be a fools errand, but with the morons on juries these days, who knows

I had heard a law firm was now involved, doesn’t surprise me one bit. I’d bet they are hoping for (and would likely get) some sort of settlement. Damned shame, in my opinion, for just “one of those things” that can happen when you willingly hunt dangerous game.

Sadly this is what is happening in our modern society.

A world of difference between something happening on a hunt and incompetence which could have been avoided.

Some reports seem to point the fingers at both DEI and Musk!!??

It's the cost of the computer and software issues in many cases.

Have you ever noticed that AVIS rental car company still uses the old dot matrix printers with the tabbed paper, even though that it's getting impossible to get replacement parts and machines?

Upgrading to the newer computers and printers would cost them 10's of million dollars in hardware and software to upgrade. Plus their entire reservation and accounting systems would have to be changed. total cost would probably exceed $100 Million.

The FAA has similar issues.

Isn’t this built into the cost of plane tickets?