Originally Posted by
kcockayne
=Ah, the good old 9020. Even that used to go down, at times. I remember (I think it was on a Wednesday) having to revert to “manual” & write out all the Flt. Progress Strips by hand. Don’t think that it caused too many delays, though !
Just ATCOs trying to decipher what was written on them !
Incidentally, my son’s first flight on the A380 today. Chose a good day to start !
The 9020 was nothing really special, just 6 x IBM 360s linked together, however it coped - just.