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How come BA is still in business, it's the 34862576324 time just this year there are cancellations due to IT problems...Originally posted by WTFH View Post

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I give their SH business 12 months post the UK exit from the EU , what is left will be phased to Vueling.Originally posted by CryingSheep View PostHow come BA is still in business, it's the 34862576324 time just this year there are cancellations due to IT problems...


LH, they have their captive business travelers.
LH long Haul, not Lufthansa
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We've discussed this before. BA outsourced most of their IT to some Cowboys. No, hang on, it wasn't Cowboys...it was Indians...I knew I'd get there eventually...unlike most of their passengers...Originally posted by WTFH View Post
His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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my two penneth -Originally posted by Mordac View PostWe've discussed this before. BA outsourced most of their IT to some Cowboys. No, hang on, it wasn't Cowboys...it was Indians...I knew I'd get there eventually...unlike most of their passengers...

modern technology seems to allow far less control over the environment than earlier lower generations of software. Anyone who has used Powerhouse might agree with me.
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Very partially agreed! Why this is happening all the time with BA and not with all the other 4743764738482 (smaller/bigger/more or less popular/low cost/fancy) air companies?Originally posted by JohntheBike View Postmy two penneth -
modern technology seems to allow far less control over the environment than earlier lower generations of software. Anyone who has used Powerhouse might agree with me.
why does my Ebay screen jump about after it has been painted?
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This...Originally posted by JohntheBike View Postmy two penneth -
modern technology seems to allow far less control over the environment than earlier lower generations of software. Anyone who has used Powerhouse might agree with me.
why does my Ebay screen jump about after it has been painted?
Pretty much the state of IT today, I've recently been working on a "near sourcing" project where after two years of non-delivery a contractor team was assembled in the UK which completed the project in five months whereas two years prior produced zero.Originally posted by Mordac View PostWe've discussed this before. BA outsourced most of their IT to some Cowboys. No, hang on, it wasn't Cowboys...it was Indians...I knew I'd get there eventually...unlike most of their passengers...

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BA went for the 'much cheapness' option. I was briefly there around the time they started shifting everything they could to the cheapest Indians they could find.Originally posted by CryingSheep View PostVery partially agreed! Why this is happening all the time with BA and not with all the other 4743764738482 (smaller/bigger/more or less popular/low cost/fancy) air companies?
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I'd only choose BA over Ryanair, and that's faint praise indeed...His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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I'm never flying Ryanair again, I can put up with tulipe service etc as I only do 2-2.5 hors max, but I'm never flying on a Boeing 737 again.Originally posted by Mordac View PostBA went for the 'much cheapness' option. I was briefly there around the time they started shifting everything they could to the cheapest Indians they could find.
I'd only choose BA over Ryanair, and that's faint praise indeed...But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the youngerComment
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Once I saw the scale of the devastation, I did not venture out to the terminals yesterday! Made sure my badge was off when I went home, etc.Comment
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