Airlines Work to Catch Up to the Digital Age

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/business/05air.html?hpw

by edw519 • 16 years ago

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kgrin• 16 years ago

For all the crappiness, you do have to appreciate the difficulty and complexity of swapping out these systems more or less on the fly.

Groxx3• 16 years ago

Yeah, and add to that the scale of replacement, and that they need to interoperate and their users need to handle multiple versions in multiple locations... it's a nasty problem.

I feel their pain, but I still must ask "why not earlier?". It's not an entirely unreasonable question, though I'm glad it's underway.

ajtaylor• 16 years ago

At the risk of being flippant, it seems obvious and the article even mentioned it. The airlines are short of cash, and new technology on this scale is not cheap (or quick or easy). I'd bet the airlines are big believers in "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

nfnaaron• 16 years ago

"... and their users need to handle multiple versions in multiple locations ..."

Man, I get crotchety just by going to different King Soopers (Kroger) stores in my area and having to deal with variations in "swipe your card" terminals and protocols.

Airlines Work to Catch Up to the Digital Age

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