And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Over the next couple of days I will be sending Senate updates on the testimony before the House and Senate on the current state of readiness to meet the Y2K deadline..the following is taken from the Y2K news and analysis page at: http://www.y2knewswire.com/19990225.htm FAA UPDATE [news] With the Senate panel report now confirming the FAA has a long way to go, we remind our readers what FAA administrator Jane Garvey claimed in an interview on November 23, 1998: Find the audio archive at: http://www.c-span.org/guide/journal/archive/wj19981123.htm Click on the "RealAudio Clip" for the segment with Jane Garvey. Fast forward to 10:40 (ten minutes and forty seconds), you'll hear this: 10:40 [Caller asks about Y2K] 11:00 Garvey: "As you suggested, really all of our air traffic control is controlled or linked in some way to computers, so the issue about having those computers Y2K compliant is absolutely critical. We were a little bit behind about a year ago, we've caught up, we've met the deadline of September 30 of having all of our systems renovated, over the next several months we'll be testing those systems, and that's going to be a critical piece for us, so we're testing the systems, they will be ready by, umm, June of 1999. So we're feeling really good about the progress we've made today, we have a terrific fellow heading that effort and, uh, we're well on our way." Notice, Garvey retroactively claimed on November 23 that they made the September 30, 1998 deadline! But the Senate panel report clearly indicates the FAA is nowhere near done, and now it's already five months later. When some of the systems were finally tested, incidentally, they performed so poorly they had to be yanked and replaced with the older, non-Y2K-compliant systems. It seems planes were disappearing from radar. What's the FAA's status on Y2K right now? We're not really sure, but like most people, we hope they're working on the code rather than the public relations statements. If the FAA actually makes it, with no Y2K problems whatsoever, Garvey will not only be forgiven for the now-famous 1% statement, she'll be a national hero. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
