Mineta to the rescue

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We can all relax now. The government is on the case:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said on Monday he was launching a probe of air travel disruptions over the Christmas holiday weekend at US Airways Group Inc. and Delta Air Line Inc.'s regional carrier Comair.

"It is important that the Department and the traveling public understand what happened, why it happened, and whether the carriers properly planned for the holiday travel period and responded appropriately to consumer needs in the aftermath," Mineta said in a statement.

He continued: "I anticipate issuing regulations that forbid such disruptions in the future, thus insuring the traveling public will not be disrupted."
 
A little trivia. His step son was my college roommate and I still run into him about once a month in the pilot lounge.
 
His stepson is a pretty cool guy. Kind of a point-of-contact of sorts for the "Paul Harvey" version of organized labor versus federal government -- many interesting tidbits!

Believe me, I'm no big fan of that department but don't think for a moment that this didn't come from a 'higher office' of sorts.
 
Definitely politics. Can't have it seem as if the government isn't "lookin' out for you". Even if they can't and aren't.
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Isn't he working for SKYW now? If is not him it is his son.
 
Nah, not this one! Next time I see (blank), I'll ask him if he's got a brother working at Skywest.
 
I curious just what regulation they plan on issuing. Computer's aren't allowed to crash?

Yeah, like companies want that to happen.
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I curious just what regulation they plan on issuing. Computer's aren't allowed to crash?

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Heh. Maybe their running Windows, and Microsoft will get blamed......

But seriously, what is the gov't gonna do about people calling in sick? They can't really do much without going all totalitarian (sp, I'm sure). The only thing I can think of is throwing some $$$ to US Air, which I'm sure newspapers and the general public will have a field day with. US Air's CEO might even get a bonus out of it if he plays his cards right
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I curious just what regulation they plan on issuing. Computer's aren't allowed to crash?

Yeah, like companies want that to happen.
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I was thinking the same thing Tony - how can they "regulate" this?
 
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I was thinking the same thing Tony - how can they "regulate" this?

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A big sheet of paper, time clock at each airport or sign - in sheet. More realistic solutions - a seperate / back up computer system.


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I was thinking the same thing Tony - how can they "regulate" this?

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OK, I made that last part up.
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I was thinking the same thing Tony - how can they "regulate" this?

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Don't worry, there's sure to be an announcement along the lines of "your government is hard at work to bring these evil, greedy, renegade airline employees to justice, and we're enacting certain union-busting provisions of the Patriot Act to ensure this never happens again!"

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Don't worry, there's sure to be an announcement along the lines of "your government is hard at work to bring these evil, greedy, renegade airline employees to justice, and we're enacting certain union-busting provisions of the Patriot Act to ensure this never happens again!"

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It's the system of checks and balances, don't ya know.
 
I can see it now. When a ramp agent calls in sick a government employee is dispatched with rectal thermomitor in hand. "I'm sorry sir, but 97.5 deg. is within the official government fever threshold. Either you go to work or you go to jail."
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It's kind of a vicious circle.

Good employees call in sick when they're sick.

Bad employees come to work sick and then get the other employees ill.

The more intimidation that managers and/or the government doles out to employees calling in sick (during cold and flu season, HELloOOOooO?!), there are going to be more ill employees, thus exacerbating the problem.
 
Yeah, that's one issue. But this has the look and smell of a job action. I heard some USAir employees on talk radio yesterday, including a pilot who was working through PHL. He said everybody there was pitching in to clean and load airplanes, but there was no question in PHL that is was a planned event.
 
However, in my heart of hearts, when the federal government gets involved, their 'solution' is going to be so frightfully political and outright stoopid that it's going to end up in "Ripley's Believe it or Not".
 
Seriously, though, I can see it now. Here comes a reg from the FAA saying your computers can't crash.

Uh, hello? Paging Ms. Blakey? Companies don't WANT their computers to crash. Costs them big time in lost revenue, lost goodwill, and crews that have to get paid for sitting around.

Duh!

I dunna, man. Maybe they could do something for the "sick out" although the union says they didn't call for one. But the computer crash?

And what is is with Delta and computer crashes? First the one in the spring for the mainline, and now the Comair one?

I'm going to have to bite my tongue on something here. Doug, I think you know what it is.
 
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