FAA Computer Glitch Causes Widespread Airline Delays 133
seven of five writes with this excerpt from an Associated Press report: "A problem with the FAA system that collects airlines' flight plans caused widespread flight cancellations and delays nationwide Thursday. It was the second time in 15 months that a glitch in the flight plan system caused delays. The FAA said in a statement that it is having a problem processing flight plan information. 'We are investigating the cause of the problem,' the agency said. 'We are processing flight plans manually and expect some delays. We have radar coverage and communications with planes.'"
Damn Excel (Score:4, Funny)
Some one messed up their $2,000,000 excel macro that list morning.
Honest! (Score:5, Funny)
I only changed one little line of code! It wasn't even important enough to test!
To quote some technology middle manager (Score:4, Funny)
"That's it, you're all grounded!"
Glitch is now fixed (Score:3, Funny)
Apparently they fixed the glitch so the problem worked itself out naturally.
Re:Here I sit... (Score:4, Funny)
It could be worse. You could be stuck in Lodi (again).
Honest... (Score:5, Funny)
**ducks**
Re:Here I sit... (Score:3, Funny)
Sorry to hear that. But, as the old saying goes, "it's better to be DOWN HERE desperately wishing you were UP THERE, than UP THERE desperately wishing you were DOWN HERE."