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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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Originally Posted by Danger Close
http://thepointsguy.com/2017/01/united-it-outage-grounding-all-domestic-flights/
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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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Old 01-22-2017 | 04:51 PM
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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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Old 01-22-2017 | 04:52 PM
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Why a complete shutdown for a acars system failure?
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Old 01-22-2017 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by vagabond
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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Old 01-22-2017 | 05:04 PM
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So, now we're the IT company without wings...😤
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Old 01-22-2017 | 05:13 PM
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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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Old 01-22-2017 | 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by sailingfun
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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Old 01-22-2017 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Fitzgerald

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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