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SiuDude

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AirTran national groundstop

From the FAA site:

02/02/09 TRS ONLY GROUND STOP
DESTINATION AIRPORT: ALL
FACILITIES INCLUDED: ZAU, ZKC, ZME, ZFW, ZHU, ZMA, ZID, ZJX, ZDC,
ZOB, ZNY, ZBW, ZTL
EXPECT UPDATE: 1600Z
REASON: DISPATCH COMPUTER PROBLEMS
REMARKS: NON FAA DELAY, UPDATES WILL FOLLOW AS NEEDED.
021500-021800


Anyone got the deets?
 
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Big SOC computer fiasco. Kind of like what happened to Delta a couple of years ago.

Groundstop was lifted around 11am Eastern today.
 
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happened at US Air (sabre) last week. Aircraft couldn't get numbers. then when the system came back online the boeing and airbus were fine but the system wouldn't compute 190 numbers, so we sat for 2 hours on the ramp waiting for numbers.
 
happened at US Air (sabre) last week. Aircraft couldn't get numbers. then when the system came back online the boeing and airbus were fine but the system wouldn't compute 190 numbers, so we sat for 2 hours on the ramp waiting for numbers.

Crazy this keeps happening (at all airlines). We have all this redundancy in the cockpit we need more of it on the ground. Can't be good for the bottom line.
 
Groundstop was lifted around 11am Eastern today.


Hey, you said "eastern" . . . you owe me a beer.

Back to the subject at hand .. . . I'll bet there was no shortage of d0uchebag Captains, frantically trying to do everyone else's job . . . amd completey oblivious to the fact that they have been out of Contract since Dubya's first term.
 
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happened at US Air (sabre) last week. Aircraft couldn't get numbers. then when the system came back online the boeing and airbus were fine but the system wouldn't compute 190 numbers, so we sat for 2 hours on the ramp waiting for numbers.

RJ numbers - rule of thumb:

Number of seats x .75 = number of useable seats

Trim setting = nose up to takeoff limit (w/no jumpseater)

Fuel load = Not quite enough for 1 hour flight with comfortable alternate.

That should cover most situations.

PIPE

P.S. - I'm sure the 190 is better, but I hate all RJs equally. Discrimination is unacceptable.
 
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happened at US Air (sabre) last week. Aircraft couldn't get numbers. then when the system came back online the boeing and airbus were fine but the system wouldn't compute 190 numbers, so we sat for 2 hours on the ramp waiting for numbers.

You have no way computing your own numbers?
 

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