Hard CORE!

Full marks to the Chinese and Koreans for this little exercise in practical compliance testing.

Of course, it's the traffic control that'll provide the real problems, but it's great to see even this much testing going on.

-- Colin MacDonald (roborogerborg@yahoo.com), November 15, 1999

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A few months ago I read that the Chinese central government was requiring all airline bigwigs ride airliners during the rollover. It looks like they want to make sure they don't meet their ancestors this coming January!

It don't sound Kooky to me,

Kook

-- Y2Kook (Y2Kook@usa.net), November 15, 1999.

EXACTLY, Kooky. I initially thought that this would be a pure PR exercise (and they wouldn't really roll them over), but then I remembered that come Y2K, the Chinese airline chiefs will be IN THE AIR. And suddenly, I changed my mind.

Imagine how much more confidence there would be if we (UK, USA) had assigned PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY to individuals early on in the process. All we get now is faceless bodies and "Fully confident... but don't ask me to guarantee it" beaurocrats who disclaim and caveat their own advice. Gnnn, it makes my head throb.

-- Colin MacDonald (roborogerborg@yahoo.com), November 16, 1999.