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Re:British Airways passengers facing delays after IT failures by jon-v on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:30AM (#20633433)
But you don't actually need IT systems to record who is on the flight - all you need is a pre-printed list of legit passengers and a pen.
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Re:British Airways passengers facing delays after IT failures by tolien on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:37AM (#20633452)
Yeah - the GGP is talking about just letting anyone go though:

> let anyone onboard with […] sufficient story about buying one

> some people might get a free ride

As dagw’s comment points out they’re using the pen and paper approach; however, it takes longer and missed slots/out of place crews can cascade catastrophically.

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