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The military figured this out years ago.<br>
They sold life insurance policies to WW2 soldiers when they entered
the army.<br>
When a living old soldier reached 96 years old, the policy paid off.<br>
This happened to my father.<br>
He had no trouble cashing the check. <br>
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Jerry S. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/28/2024 9:44 PM, Robert Primak via
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<div> On Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 05:42:40 PM EDT, John P.
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<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>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> LCTG
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Stan Rose via LCTG<br
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 28, 2024 5:29 PM<br
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech
Group/LCTG] FW: American Airlines keeps
mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby</span></p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech
Group/LCTG] FW: American Airlines keeps
mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby</span></p>
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<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">
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<p class="yiv2169433373MsoNormal">On Sun, Apr
28, 2024 at 1:14<span
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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">
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On the other hand, I'm glad the last time I
traveled by air with my dad (on American, as
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carllazarus--- via LCTG wrote on 4/28/24
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<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>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;">-- Carl</span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;">H:
617-964-7241</span></p>
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