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On Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 05:42:40 PM EDT, John P. Rudy via LCTG <lctg@lists.toku.us> wrote:
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--></style><div><div class="yiv2169433373WordSection1"><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">The two digit year is due to the fact that IBM cards were 80 columns and we didn’t have two more to waste. That, ultimately, resulted in a bunch of Y2K issues</span></p><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><div id="yiv2169433373yqt90985" class="yiv2169433373yqt8686724574"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> LCTG <lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net@lists.toku.us> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stan Rose via LCTG<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 28, 2024 5:29 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> lctg@lists.toku.us<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FW: American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby</span></p></div></div><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><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. </span></p><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><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.</span></p><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Stan</span></p><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> LCTG <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-bounces+rosesta=gmail.com@lists.toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-bounces+rosesta=gmail.com@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">lctg-bounces+rosesta=gmail.com@lists.toku.us</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Donald Cooke via LCTG<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 28, 2024 4:30 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Ken Pogran <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:pogran@alum.mit.edu" href="mailto:pogran@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">pogran@alum.mit.edu</a>><br clear="none"><b>Cc:</b> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">lctg@lists.toku.us</a><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FW: American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby</span></p></div><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal">Recall that AA pioneered Sabre in 1960. The first online reservation system. I wonder if this "feature" was introduced back then?<br clear="all"></p><div><div><div><div><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><img id="yiv2169433373_x0000_i1025" border="0" width="100" height="62" style="width:1.0416in;min-height:.6458in;" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zxepmnLIKmYitiu77ai2nm7FH3JgppsFmboNJcBNbCpE2xbStskZTbPr8HLs0B93HPIiuiX1E"></p><div><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal">Don Cooke, Site 523, 603.219.9259</p></div></div></div></div><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal">On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 1:14<span style="font-family:sans-serif;"> </span>PM Ken Pogran via LCTG <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;" class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal">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 clear="none"><br clear="none">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 clear="none"><br clear="none">Ken Pogran <br clear="none"><br clear="none">carllazarus--- via LCTG wrote on 4/28/24 2:43 PM:</p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><p style="" class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Is American Airlines software really that primitive? This is almost a Y2K problem.</span></p><p style="" class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">-- Carl</span></p><p style="" class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p><p style="" class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Carl Lazarus</span></p><p style="" class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">H: 617-964-7241</span></p><p style="" class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:carllazarus@comcast.net" href="mailto:carllazarus@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">carllazarus@comcast.net</a></span></p><p style="" class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p><div><p style="" class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal">American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wz7pvvjypo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wz7pvvjypo</a></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal">===============================================<br clear="none">::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br clear="none">Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br clear="none">Send to the list: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</a><br clear="none">To subscribe: email <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br clear="none">Future and Past meeting information: <a shape="rect" href="http://LCTG.toku.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br clear="none">List information: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">This message was sent to <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:doncooke2@gmail.com" href="mailto:doncooke2@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">doncooke2@gmail.com</a>.<br clear="none">Set your list options: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/doncooke2@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/doncooke2@gmail.com</a></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yqt8686724574" id="yqt45401">===============================================<br clear="none">::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br clear="none">Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br clear="none">Send to the list: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</a><br clear="none">To subscribe: email <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br clear="none">Future and Past meeting information: <a shape="rect" href="http://LCTG.toku.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br clear="none">List information: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">This message was sent to <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com." href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">bobprimak@yahoo.com.</a><br clear="none">Set your list options: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/bobprimak@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/bobprimak@yahoo.com</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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