Re: [TCLUG:15037] Station Wagon Full of Tapes

[Adam Maloney <adam@iexposure.com>]

Yeah - when the POS terminals went down at Radio Shack we had to write
manual tickets, slowed things down considerably.  Long lines,
disgruntled people, merchandise walking off...icky

It's admirable that they did manage to do fairly well without their
systems online.  Kind of makes me glad to know that NWA employees can
actually do things without the aide of computers when needed.

"Andrew S. Zbikowski" wrote:
> 
> And once the computer went, they had to scramble and pull the
> manuals/tables/etc. That hadn't been used regurally in 20 years. Delay 1.
> Then everything had to be calculated. Delay 2. After the computer did the
> calculations, it sent the results directly to the cockpit where it was
> printed out. Without the computer, the calculations had to be radioed to the
> cockpits. Delay 3. Considering their dependance on one off site system,
> Norwest did rather well.
> 
> >
> > The thing is, nor was noone else.  The grounding was because they use a
> > huge computer down there to calculate how the plane should fly so they can
> > keep good profits. :)
> >
> 
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Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Internet Exposure, Inc.