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Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

2nd Jun 2017, 19:30

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BA delays at LHR - Computer issue

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Posted By fchan

According to the Yahoo video recently posted here...

According to the Yahoo video recently posted here this may not be a good strategy. It’s introducing so much complexity that it may reduce reliability, especially if you consider the extra...

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

2nd Jun 2017, 19:16

Replies: 634

BA delays at LHR - Computer issue

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Posted By fchan

At the Kegworth incident engine X lost power due...

At the Kegworth incident engine X lost power due to mechanical failure. Pilot looked at the poorly designed instruments and decided engine Y was the culprit so shut it down. Later, realising the...

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

31st May 2017, 11:38

Replies: 634

BA delays at LHR - Computer issue

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Posted By fchan

Exactly same thing happened in my old company....

Exactly same thing happened in my old company. Fortunately the room was only a small part of overall ops and was backed up.

Another time a maintainer tried to shut down one poorly performing...

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

30th May 2017, 19:24

Replies: 634

BA delays at LHR - Computer issue

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Posted By fchan

The link says "On Saturday morning, shortly after...

The link says "On Saturday morning, shortly after 8.30am, power to Boadicea House through its UPS was shut down - the reasons for which are not yet known.

Under normal circumstances, power would...

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

30th May 2017, 19:08

Replies: 634

BA delays at LHR - Computer issue

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Posted By fchan

If there is a silver lining to this IT cloud,...

If there is a silver lining to this IT cloud, next time ATC has an outage it can tell its major shareholder BA that at least it was only a couple of hours disruption to some BA flights, unlike their...

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

30th May 2017, 10:04

Replies: 634

BA delays at LHR - Computer issue

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Posted By fchan

I can’t now find it here but someone mentioned...

I can’t now find it here but someone mentioned the BA problem as possibly a network router one. I was involved in a high integrity centre where part of it crashed despite its very high integrity on...

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

30th May 2017, 09:48

Replies: 634

BA delays at LHR - Computer issue

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Posted By fchan

One thing I can’t understand in this scenario is...

One thing I can’t understand in this scenario is that it was reported that everything went down for hours last Saturday, even PA in Terminal 5. That may not be true. Surely a good IT architecture is...

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

28th May 2017, 08:28

Replies: 634

BA delays at LHR - Computer issue

Views: 303,327

Posted By fchan

I worked 40 years in safety and reliability in...

I worked 40 years in safety and reliability in transportation industries, laterally with ATC. I could tell many stories of power supply disasters in so called very resistant systems. In the Far East...

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