Flairport From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 8678 times:
Well...
I do see some strange delays on delta.com and the FAA says that due to DAL MAINLINE ONLY there is a ground stop to ATL and in an unrelated note traffic to CVG will not be allowed to depart until 6:30pm due to TSTMS.
Jano From Slovak Republic, joined Jan 2004, 772 posts, RR: 8 Reply 3, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 8337 times:
Just a pure speculation, but look what happened today:
Internet Security Systems Security Brief
May 1, 2004
Microsoft LSASS Sasser Worm Propagation
Synopsis:
ISS X-Force has captured active samples of an automated Internet worm that
propagates via the LSASS MS-RPC vulnerability documented in a previous ISS
X-Force Alert (http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/169). Sasser is
currently attempting to propagate aggressively across the Internet.
NWA Man From United States, joined Jun 1999, 1828 posts, RR: 19 Reply 6, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 8066 times:
Didn't this happen to HP in the late 90s?
It happened to NW in 2001, much to my chagrin. After we raced to our connecting flight to CLE in DTW, we taxied out for departure, only to hear that a computer glitch in MSP had grounded the entire fleet. We sat on the taxiway for about an hour and a half, decided to go back to the gate to let people off that wanted to drive to CLE. About a half-hour later, we were able to taxi out and depart to Cleveland, arriving about two and a half hours late.
Ironically, we had been switched to a flight to CLE because our flight to BWI had been cancelled due to awful weather on the East Coast... CLE was as close to Baltimore as you could get at that point in the day.
Not a banner operational day by any stretch of the imagination.
Jhooper From United States, joined Dec 2001, 6083 posts, RR: 16 Reply 8, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 7835 times:
Why would there be a ground stop in ATL? It seems that if the dominent carrier there is grounded, that would make it easier for everyone else to find a landing slot, no?
Last year 1,944 New Yorkers saw something and said something.
Dlx737200 From United States, joined May 2001, 1543 posts, RR: 32 Reply 10, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 7405 times:
I just saw the story on Orlando's News Channel 2 11:00pm airing. I love Channel 2's accuracy on the clips it used for the story. It showed Delta 727s and L-1011s taxiing in Orlando! LOL. I think it's time they update their video clips. They also said that not only Delta, but SONG flights to ATL were also affected. WOW! Song services MCO-ATL now too?? LOL. Gotta love the press!
-Justin
Why fly? Simple. I'm not happy unless there's some room between me and the ground.
VS346 From United States, joined Mar 2004, 338 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 7170 times:
COEWRJN,
hey also said that not only Delta, but SONG flights to ATL were also affected. WOW! Song services MCO-ATL now too?? LOL. Gotta love the press!
I think Dlx737200 was referring to how the press goofed up in saying that Song services from MCO-ATL were affected, when in reality Song doesn't even fly this route.
Cheers,
VS346
Virgin-Atlantic: More experience than our name suggests
Nycfuturepilot From United States, joined Dec 2003, 790 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 7076 times:
didnt CO have a similar problem at IAH on 3/26 or 3/27?
Flashmeister From United States, joined Apr 2000, 2535 posts, RR: 21 Reply 16, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 6879 times:
Who is in charge of these airlines? People or computers? How exactly does a computer glitch "ground" the entire fleet?
It sounds like the computer programs that calculate weight & balance were the ones that went awry. If you can't get any information about the cargo you've got, baggage weight, souls on board, fuel, etc., how are you going to calculate manually? And, even if you do calculate manually, should you? Those can be pretty complex calculations, and most pilots never do them from scratch as part of a routine day.
As a passenger, I'd prefer to take the delay and let the computer do the math.
L-188 From United States, joined Jul 1999, 28254 posts, RR: 72 Reply 22, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 6473 times:
You have got to love this comment from the CNN story. I swear right now that I haven't edited it out at all. Just added the bold type.
The Atlanta-based airline uses the computer data in question to calculate weight and balance, and process passenger-related information, said Kathleen Bergen of the FAA.
"It's not a safety-related issue," Bergen said
You that was one thing I appreciated when I worked at Reeve. We where more then capable of reverting back to paper operations if a problem arouse.
OBAMA-WORST PRESIDENT EVER....Even SKOORB would be better.
Flairport From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 6314 times:
I don't know about SLC, but since CVG was delayed anyway, the problem didn't effect CVG. It did effect song from what I read online and from delta.com.
Panamair From United States, joined Oct 2001, 3387 posts, RR: 23 Reply 24, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 6292 times:
Just flew JFK-CDG yesterday and everything was fine...looks like JFK was fine except for DL193 JFK-ATL which was still sitting on the taxiway when we taxied past it, 1.5 hours after its scheduled departure time...also there was a song 757 stuck on the taxiway as well
AAJAXFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 25, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 6265 times:
Ah. I loved the old days with circle graphs, line matching charts, actual bag counts ---- and a pencil
That's how American Eagle does it.... First Officer fills out the form and adds up weights and the Captain uses a whiz wheel/circle graph to find the center of gravity.
26 Elwood64151: Flairport: All flight departures were delayed yesterday, systemwide, out of all airports. DL simply couldn't move an aircraft except to parking areas.
27 Flairport: Elwood: That is what I thought. I think that the weather at CVG saved them in a way as it effected all airlines, though.
28 Caetravlr: There is no doubt about it, yesterday was a very expensive day for Delta. Though one day of that will probably not kill them, it certainly does not he
29 Jfk747: As some one who flew Delta yesterday (song) this is what happened (FLL-JFK). After we boarded the aircraft the captain announced that we would be pus
30 COEWR: I flew Song yesterday afternoon EWR-MCO. Our flight was not delayed, however, the Mad Dog going to ATL was delayed 15 mins at the gate. After they pus
31 ManchesterMAN: I was flying MDW-TPA via ATL on sat and what a nigtmare it was. I should have rolled into TPA at 22.00 and we eventually got there at 02:30! I arrived
32 Canoecarrier: Who is in charge of these airlines? People or computers? How exactly does a computer glitch "ground" the entire fleet? Are you serious? A computer gli
33 NonRevKing: No, not all were delayed, not all were grounded. ATL had the brunt of it, CVG was complicated by wx. Most west coast operations were on schedule. It w
34 PanAmerican: This just caught my attention: http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1446_A_1195918_1_A,00.html Seems like they finally arrested the guy (an 18 year-o
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