Delta Computer Glitches Force Flight Halts Third Year in a Row

Re:Delta Computer Glitches Force Flight Halts Third Year in ... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @04:11PM (#18079794)

It's weird to those who know. But to those who are just looking at how bad it messes things up from a passenger's view (ie, non-aviation-knowlegeable people reading the article), it's reasonable to compare things of different causes that have similar effects.

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Re:Delta Computer Glitches Force Flight Halts Third Year in ... by txcwpalpha on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @05:17PM (#18080360)

True, but if that's the case then why doesn't the article bring up all of the adverse weather events that have had the same impact?

Even for non-aviation-or-tech-knowledgeable people, I think most still care who is at fault for such disruptions. The article frames the ATL fire as Delta/Southwest's fault. It puts the ATL fire in the same category as other, airline-specific issues that were caused by Delta's IT systems. But that just isn't the case. The ATL fire affected every airline at ATL (but for some reason the article only calls out SW and DL), and was the fault of the airport, not the airlines. It's more similar to bad weather shutting down an airport than it is to the IT issues that Delta faced last night.

It just feels like bad reporting to include that comparison.

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