Problems in Denver

[casual rat]

I stand corrected, thanx...

 

[mrfish3726]

I confess, fish snuck in and pulled they're fricking plug LOL!

 

[novaqt]

My understanding is that the main processessor at Cendant Corporation went down. It not only affected United's Worldwide Reservations system, but also the airport checkin computers which are tied together with reservations worldwide. Apollo travel agencies were also affected and any other computers tied to Cendant Corporation's main processor.

 

[atabuy]

Happy New Year everyone.
I haven't been here for quite some time, but see that small things still effect large responses.
Stuff happens, and there are sometimes very simple reasons for them.

I have noticed that outsourcing has affected our ozone layer.
If you want to be upset with something, check out the influence peddling thingy going on in Washington.
Have a good year

 

[whlinder]

My understanding is that the main processessor at Cendant Corporation went down. It not only affected United's Worldwide Reservations system, but also the airport checkin computers which are tied together with reservations worldwide. Apollo travel agencies were also affected and any other computers tied to Cendant Corporation's main processor.

It was a computer glitch to a main processor at the outsourced company. Maybe this will be an well-deserved lession that outsourcing does not ultimately work in the long run. If other companies are starting to figure this out, perhaps UA should also.

So then if you suggest outsourcing doesn't work, should UA be developing their own res system? Should every airline have their own res system?

 

[novaqt]

Whlinder:

No. Cendant Corp. who outsourced to IBM dropped the ball and apparently did not properly maintain the central apollo processor. This could be because United will be switching the new Amadeus system sometime in 2007 or 2008.

 

[LD3]

Uhh, where, exactly would the airlines get the tens of billions of dollars to buy an oil company? Even a small oil company like Valero has a market value well in excess of all USA airlines combined (including WN and its $13 billion market cap).

It would be a good idea if I got my friends together and did the same thing, but the same restriction would prevent us (we don't have tens of billions of dollars with which to get into that business). I'd like to have a gold mine, but I can't really afford to buy one.

I believe I just recently read that Virgin may be looking at the refinery business...