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To: JDN who wrote (29134)3/2/1999 4:52:00 PM
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A Third of U.S. Airports Have No Y2K Backup Plans, GAO Says

Washington, March 2 (Bloomberg) -- About a third of U.S. airports won't meet a June target date to finish fixing Year 2000 computer problems and have no procedures to remain open if computers fail, a government audit found.

While most airport officials don't expect aviation safety and security to be compromised by Year 2000 computer problems, the General Accounting Office said failures at even a single airport could cause delays throughout the U.S. aviation system.

''The severity of these delays would depend to a large extent on the size of the airport,'' the GAO report said. Year 2000 problems stem from the trouble some computer programs and chips have in recognizing the Year 2000 date, which could lead them to reading 2000 as 1900 or prompt a system shutdown.

Of 334 U.S. airports responding to a GAO questionnaire, a third said they would meet the Federal Aviation Administration- recommended June 30 target date for year 2000 fixes. Another third said they wouldn't meet the target date but that they were developing backup plans. The remaining third expect to miss the deadline and have no backup plans.

While the group without backup plans in place is comprised of mostly small airports, nine of the 50 largest U.S. airports also aren't prepared, according to the GAO, which didn't identify airports participating in the survey.

Last year, Congress passed legislation that lets airports use as much as $100 million in federal airport improvement program funds to assess and fix Year 2000 computer glitches. The FAA said the funding flexibility is critical for smaller airports, which lack resources to hire personnel with Year 2000 computer expertise.

16:21:19 03/02/1999
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