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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>American Airlines’s Sabre system was the first user of the IBM Mainframe transaction processing system, cleverly named TPS. Since this was implemented in the early 1960s, I’m sure this used the common 2-digit date notation and would have had the referenced problem. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Since then, Sabre was spun off into a separate company, called of all things, the Sabre Corporation. I believe AA now uses the IATA NDC system for booking, but it is accessed via the Sabre system APIs. So, it is very possible that the problem is a remnant of the old Sabre system bug.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Stan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> LCTG <lctg-bounces+rosesta=gmail.com@lists.toku.us> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Donald Cooke via LCTG<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 28, 2024 4:30 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ken Pogran <pogran@alum.mit.edu><br><b>Cc:</b> lctg@lists.toku.us<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FW: American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Recall that AA pioneered Sabre in 1960. The first online reservation system. I wonder if this "feature" was introduced back then?<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><img width=100 height=62 style='width:1.0416in;height:.6458in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zxepmnLIKmYitiu77ai2nm7FH3JgppsFmboNJcBNbCpE2xbStskZTbPr8HLs0B93HPIiuiX1E"><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Don Cooke, Site 523, 603.219.9259<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 1:14<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>PM Ken Pogran via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>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><br>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><br>Ken Pogran <br><br>carllazarus--- via LCTG wrote on 4/28/24 2:43 PM:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Is American Airlines software really that primitive? This is almost a Y2K problem.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>-- Carl</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Carl Lazarus</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>H: 617-964-7241</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="mailto:carllazarus@comcast.net" target="_blank">carllazarus@comcast.net</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wz7pvvjypo" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wz7pvvjypo</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>===============================================<br>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br>Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br>Send to the list: <a href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</a><br>To subscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" target="_blank">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" target="_blank">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br>Future and Past meeting information: <a href="http://LCTG.toku.us" target="_blank">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br>List information: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br>This message was sent to <a href="mailto:doncooke2@gmail.com" target="_blank">doncooke2@gmail.com</a>.<br>Set your list options: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/doncooke2@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/doncooke2@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>