Re: Airlines: Boeing Passes Y2K Test

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

>Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 23:12:51 -0700
>From: Cherri Stewart <sams@brigadoon.com>
>Boeing Passes Y2K Test
>
> Boeing Passes Y2K Test, Says Fleet Safe for 2000 (Martin Wolk, Yahoo!
> News/Reuters)
>
> Boeing tested one of its brand-new 737 airplanes, flying it at 20,000
> feet over Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, while simulating the
> rollover to Jan. 1, 2000. "The 75-minute demonstration flight was the
> culmination of a six-year effort to ensure that some 10,500 Boeing jets
> in service -- 75 percent of the world's fleet -- are free of computer
> bugs associated with the year 2000. The total of nine test flights
> culminating Friday were not required by federal regulators but were
> requested by Boeing's airline customers trying to assure a nervous
> flying
> public that airplane travel will be safe on, during and after Dec. 31."
> Boeing has checked for problems in all of its 7-series planes, and
> McDonnell Douglas models, finding only what are described as "nuisance
> errors," none of which supposedly affects flight safety.
>
I think it is wonderful that Boeing  voluntarily stepped forward and
publicly not only tested but released the results to the world.

Who will be next  to improve confidence and Joe Q. Public's
 belief on the progress of Y2K ?

Regards,

Glenn
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