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Cranky on the Web: How Airline Systems Work, Delta Questions, Handling Tight Connections, Cranky’s Adventure
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How do airline computer systems work? – CNN Money I am no expert on IT, but CNN still wanted to get a better, basic understanding of how airline systems work in light of the Delta…
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3 Links I Love: Delta’s Tech Mess, Phil Bakes Dies
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This week’s featured link: Chief Operating Officer gives Delta operations update – Delta News Hub And here’s what Delta said happened in its own unbelievable IT failure. Power problems, backups failed, blah, blah, blah. I…
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Delta Begins to Further Dismantle Its Tokyo/Narita Hub
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Yesterday Delta posted a new item on its News Hub entitled “Q&A with APAC SVP: Delta remains committed to Asia despite Haneda agreement.” Note that it says Delta remains committed to Asia, but it says…
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9 Airports, 1 Day: Follow Cranky All Day Long
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The day has finally arrived. Assuming everything runs on time, I’ll be taking 8 Southwest flights touching 9 airports today both to earn a companion pass but also to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the…
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9 Airports, 1 Day: How to Follow Along Tomorrow
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Tomorrow is the big day. Assuming everything runs on time, I’ll take 8 Southwest flights touching 9 airports, all within the State of California. If you’d like a reminder of why I’d do something this…
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3 Links I Love: Why Southwest Says Its IT Failed, Calls for Southwest CEO’s Head, Talking Alaska-Virgin America
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This week’s featured link: Southwest CEO: Router failure that grounded flights equated to ‘once-in-a-thousand-year flood’ – Dallas Morning News Something tells me this is as close as we’re ever going to get to figuring out…
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The Ten Most Viewed Cranky Posts
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I told you I’d put together a couple of special Wednesday posts to look back on the past 10 years, but this one ended being bumped to Thursday. This week I’ve fought off a flu…
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Allegiant’s Transformation Leads to a New Aircraft Order
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I’ve always talked about Allegiant as an airline that loves buying cheap, older aircraft, so was I surprised when the airline announced an order for 12 brand-spanking new A320s last week? No. The whole “cheap”…
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Spirit Does Its Best AirTran Impersonation
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When Bob Fornaro took over as President and CEO of Spirit earlier this year, we knew there would be changes to the airline. What we didn’t know was to what extent Bob would be channeling…
