Thousands of travelers cope with holiday headaches: Tens of thousands of people spent Christmas in an airport today because of a system malfunction.
The computer system Comair uses to book pilots for flights broke down, he said.
Comair could not pinpoint a reason for the computer crash and could not say why there was no backup system.
I predict that there’s going to be some IT guy out of a job when this is done. Additionally, if this is proven to be the work of a hacker or a bug, the press time devoted to it will be something to behold.
Airlines' computer systems questioned: In the wake of the big Comair systems meltdown over the holdays, CNN has an article about why airline's systems are so rickety. It's notable for a quote from uber-security expert Bruce Schneier that tells the naked truth of it. Bruce Schneier, a computer security expert…