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Watch for lots of wrap. US Airways partly blames legacy systems for March glitch Self-service kiosks crashed as airline integrated its reservation system with America West Snippet 1: Reliable, yet inflexible legacy systems were partly to blame for the glitch in US Airways Group Inc.'s self-serve kiosk system that led to long lines and delayed flights earlier this month, according to an e-mail sent to the airline's frequent fliers by a company executive. The glitch was tied to the integration of reservation systems with America West Airlines. US Airways was using a system by Sabre Airline Solutions, while America West was using Electronic Data Systems Corp.'s Shared Airline Reservations System (SHARES). The two airlines, which merged in 2005, are now operating on the SHARES system. Snippet 2: US Airways CIO Joe Beery said there's nothing wrong with mainframes, but rather the concepts behind the architecture of the systems. Beery said the legacy systems were developed based on the premise that airlines used paper tickets. However, now that airlines use electronic tickets, those systems are outdated. **** Enjoy. Aaron ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
