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Reports coming in that British Airways' computer systems are down across the world
Reports coming in that British Airways' computer systems are down across the world
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downing street pure panic - 11 days till election
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BA=Broken ADSL
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wow
BA forced to cancel all flights from Heathrow and Gatwick in 'major IT system failure' |
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Windows xp system must be working well
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They have phoned support and been told to "Turn it off and turn it back on again", which will take until 6pm tonight, when 'normal' services will resume...
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How did they ever cope before computers.
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They had to talk to each other and write memo's IS.
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Latest news is that BA has called in Betfair's IT experts to sort it out.
BA says should be back up by next Wednesday - apparently to do with clocks going forward 1 hour last March. |
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mememe,
class. |
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Thanks boxing ...
they banned me but now I'm back and vengeful. |
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Reminds me of an ex g/f who was a BA trolley dolly. She went down every Saturday.
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End up costing a great deal more than a secure IT system would have done.
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They had to talk to each other and write memo's IS.Cry
Jesus thats horrible, imagine having to talk to work colleagues |
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Absolute Chaos
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You would think something so important would not be connected to the internet.
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With a lack of technology, staff were using whiteboards in Heathrow
Technology is stupefying the human race imho |
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Reliance on IT technology has surely got out of hand now ?
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Have a Look at the Luggage Piled up PMSL WTF ?
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Hope nobody on chit chat owns BA shares.
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They'll all get compensation.
People on twitter in pure meltdown acting like ba have just eaten their children ffs |
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No explanation why ? They have speculated on terror groups being able to take over controls of cars and planes,I believe one security company has even demonstrated it on a vehicle. Might explain lack of news to date.
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they looked at betfair for backup system
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Maybe it was something simple like the cleaner unplugged their computers so she could plug in her vacuum cleaner!!!!
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Seems to be a consequence of the great idea to cut costs by outsourcing IT to India , making 700 redundant in UK now. That is looking like a really smart move now !
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Insider say 'they had been told about problems but have ignored them'
Boss trying to tell friends of mine not to say anything. |
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Was it impossible to find someone British to run BA
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IAG owns BA
. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Airlines_Group |