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Old 01-22-2017, 04:15 PM
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http://thepointsguy.com/2017/01/united-it-outage-grounding-all-domestic-flights/
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Old 01-22-2017, 04:24 PM
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Old 01-22-2017, 04:42 PM
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How many business cards will the pilots have to fill out to overcome this?

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My sister and her family are stuck in IAH. SAT is so close and yet so far!
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Why a complete shutdown for a acars system failure?
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My sister and her family are stuck in IAH. SAT is so close and yet so far!
8 hr delay for a 3 hr drive? #winning
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So, now we're the IT company without wings...😤
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My sister just sent a text that computers are back up, but their plane can't get to the gate because a Vancouver flight is sitting in their gate.

Her kids (aged 13, 10 and 7) are all hoping they get to skip school tomorrow.
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Why a complete shutdown for a acars system failure?
My guess is you haven't flown the line for a while. Lots of required stuff now comes over on ACARS. Weights and runway numbers just to start. Basically, you can't go if you don't have it. Even if dispatch tried to get us all the info, directly I probably wouldn't. We still have the requirement to be contactable by dispatch at any given moment. No ACARS, no go.
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Originally Posted by Dave Fitzgerald View Post

We still have the requirement to be contactable by dispatch at any given moment.

Maybe someday they'll invent VHF radio communications.






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