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</head><body text="#000000">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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Ken Pogran <br>
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<span>carllazarus--- via LCTG wrote on 4/28/24 2:43 PM:</span><br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt">Is American Airlines software really that
primitive? This is almost a Y2K problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-- Carl<o:p></o:p></span></p><p
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class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Carl Lazarus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">H: 617-964-7241<o:p></o:p></span></p><p
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class="MsoNormal">American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old
passenger for baby<br><a
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