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|    Ward Dossche to August Abolins    |
|    Re: I'm here    |
|    27 Nov 22 15:30:20    |
      MSGID: 2:292/854 14272e06       REPLY: 2:221/1.59 6382c3f0       TZUTC: 0100       AA>WD> However, when I was at the Calgary airport yesterdaqy for my return       AA> flight       AA>WD> home, WestJet had a major-computer outage and could not handle any       AA>WD> flights.               AA> So, how long was the hold-up? You said "major.. outage". I have to       AA> wonder why their systems remain so fragile.               As we were flying KLM we weren't bothered, Air Canada also operated as normal.               It seemed the air conditioning system of their main data-warehouse overheated       and they just took the whole system down. As Calgary is their main hub, most       of the available gates were full of WestJet planes going nowhere, and the       terminal full of patiently waiting passengers, waiting for upcoming events. In       Europe there would have been fights ...                \%/@rd              --- DB4 - 20220519        * Origin: Many Glacier - Preserve / Protect / Conserve (2:292/854)       SEEN-BY: 15/0 105/81 106/201 129/305 153/7715 218/700 226/30 229/110       SEEN-BY: 229/111 112 113 114 275 317 426 428 470 664 700 280/464 282/1038       SEEN-BY: 292/854 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757 396/45 712/848 2320/105       PATH: 292/854 229/426           |
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