[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FW: American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby

[Donald Cooke]

Recall that AA pioneered Sabre in 1960. The first online reservation
system. I wonder if this "feature" was introduced back then?


Don Cooke, Site 523, 603.219.9259


On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 1:14 PM Ken Pogran via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
wrote:

> Is it American Airlines or is it "the airport computer system" that's to
> blame? The article mentions both and is ambiguous on that point. And the
> reporter does not seem to have bothered to contact American Airlines for
> comment.
>
> On the other hand, I'm glad the last time I traveled by air with my dad
> (on American, as it happens) he was only 96.
>
> Ken Pogran
>
> carllazarus--- via LCTG wrote on 4/28/24 2:43 PM:
>
> Is American Airlines software really that primitive?  This is almost a Y2K
> problem.
>
> -- Carl
>
>
>
> Carl Lazarus
>
> H: 617-964-7241
>
> carllazarus at comcast.net
>
>
>
> American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby
> https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wz7pvvjypo
>
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