Originally Posted by
texaspilot76
What really irks me is that the airlines have had 2 whole years to prepare for this, yet they act like it has caught them by surprise. They've had plenty of time to be ready, yet they seem to have done little to nothing to implement it smoothly.
Fact of the matter is that the FAA dragged its feet. The airlines have been trying to get ready for the past 2 years. The FAA was very slow to put out its FAQ's and clarifications on the rules. Just recently they decided that everyone would start at 0 on the 4th at 0001am prior than a few months ago they said you had to comply with the look back. Sabre was programmed for the look back starting on the 4th so for us at VX it created many exceptions in saber and they all have to be processed manually. So I am sure some airlines did drop the ball but I would say most were waiting on the feds.