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American Airlines Grounds Flights

Posted by Soulskill on from the flights-shouldn't-have-failed-that-math-test dept.

Sez Zero writes "The Federal Aviation Administration said American Airlines requested a halt to hundreds of its U.S. flights on Tuesday as it works to resolve a reservation system problem. American Airlines explained on their Twitter feed they had a problem accessing their reservation system. Bad day to be on the AA ops team."

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  1. Re:Are they on some older software that can't hand by Trepidity · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The software they run is Sabre, which was co-founded by American Airlines some decades ago. I have no particular knowledge of which software has undergone rewrites and which hasn't, but if you scan their own timeline, it's not hard to suspect that there are huge piles of ancient code still in there.

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  2. Um...any TECHNICAL explanation? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Kudos, SlashDot, for getting the story here on the same day as the rest of the media. Now how about some links that AREN'T ConsumerNews or USAToday or other crap. Does anyone know what the TECHNICAL reason for the failure is?