"......A computer glitch this morning led to travel hell for thousands of aviators as the key PPRune server centre briefly failed. Bull!!!! handling was interrupted for several hours and frenzied men smelling faintly of beer and Avtur howled brutally at cybercafe and airline IT staff from LHR to WON after they were denied their fix of bitchology, unfounded rumours, nothing-on-the-clock stories and libel. A spokesman said "We regret the inconvienence, but the maintenance work was absolutely necessary. When something like this happens, we have to reduce the banter flowrate by about 50% to maintain safety regulations." A member we asked said, "Yeah, it's too bad, but they're good people. You can't imagine how much pressure they are under." "