Sorry, the picture is a little bit fuzzy if you embiggen it. It’s the view from our hotel room on the night we arrived in Malta. I have to confess, I was a bit surprised to get here.
It all started at around 3:15PM on Monday, I was flicking the the news on the iPad and an item about “problems at British airports” flicked up. Of course given that we were due to fly to Malta the next day, my ears and eyes pricked up. What’s going on here then?
It appears that a badly formatted flight plan submitted to the National Air Traffic System to not just crash, but to have a complete meltdown. Of course I am completely confident that the NATS software is iii&5i57<k absolutely stuffed with well programmed, hygienically secure validity and integrity checking measures so this have been an incredibly badly formatted plan to cause disruption in the that it did, as the papers reported it.
The papers also reported on the chaos at airports as flights were cancelled or delayed and that it would take days to recover. So you can imagine our trepidation as the time got closer to our departure.
The taxi picked us up on time. Only a short run to the ferry. The ferry was running normally, so we only had to wait a couple of minutes. We were a little bit early for the train, but that was fine. I’d rather be early than late. The train was on time, and although our having to change at Cosham was a mild frustration, even that went smoothly.
Well, I say smoothly, the only issue was that the train was rammed. Luckily not standing room only for us, but because everyone appeared to be heading for the same destination as ourselves. So the aisles were stacked with suitcases. But that’s ok everyone was friendly and helpful.
The rammed state of the train became a frustration when we passed Arundel. The first stirrings of the magnificent castle that it has become were made in the 11th century. Today, it’s majestic lines tower above the town. I don’t have a picture for you as I was at the completely the Wrong angle to get one.
I can tell you though, that Arundel castle does look as grand from the train as I hoped it would.
We arrive at Gatwick on time. Everyone piles off the train, leaving the remains passengers to luxuriate in the comfort of the now vacated sears. Or perhaps not. There was a crowd people waiting to board.
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Hi Bill do you believe that a single flight plan can cause a complete system crash? I don’t or the whole software must be written in an appalling way or as I see too often no one bothers testing anymore.
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