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To: John Mansfield who wrote (1003)1/31/1998 5:33:00 PM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 9818
 
The main concern is actually about the air traffic control

It seems that not only the US FAA is in big trouble; but also the UK Air traffic control (CAA it is called I think) :

John

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news.bbc.co.uk

'The campaign is also working on contingency plans in case of failures in essential services such as telephone networks and air traffic control.

Don Cruickshank, from the Millennium Bug Campaign, said government had to assume the worst.

"The main concern is actually about the air traffic control systems not having a power supply, staff not getting to work and telecom systems not working," he said.

"The air traffic control system particularly will be central to the contingency planning the government has to deliver over the next 18 months." '