[Year 12 SofDev] A Brief History of Airline Software Screwups

[ATKINSON-BUCK, Damien]

OK, so a booking system has a 0.01% error rate, I'm really hoping that other systems in the airline industry don't have the same tolerance levels, especially when I'm on the plane!


"Sabre is one of four or five major software providers to airlines, and while the systems "work 99.99 percent of the time," says Boyd, "it's that .01 percent" of problems that causes massive headaches for airlines and travelers. And it won't end anytime soon."


Damien Atkinson-Buck
Head of Learning Area: Technology/Arts

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From: Mark [mailto:mark at vceit.com]
Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2013 8:00 AM
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] A Brief History of Airline Software Screwups

"Frequent fliers have grown accustomed to a certain amount of inconvenience, but with completely computerized booking systems, one minor glitch is enough to shutter not just a single flight, but an entire airline. And it seems to be happening with increasing regularity..."

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/04/airline-software-screw-ups/


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Mark Kelly
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