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International Air Transport Association - Year 2000 - Thomas
Windmuller, Director, IATA Year 2000 Project y2k@iata.org
- Year 2000 Action - A
1999 New Year’s Resolution
- In co-operation with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the Airports Council International (ACI), the Air
Transport Association of America (ATA) and other industry organisations, IATA has
developed and piloted a standard methodology to assess Year 2000 readiness. The Project
provides training on how to use the methodology and will track the status of remediation
programmes. Where these problems cannot be resolved in time, airlines and their business
partners will be able to make appropriate contingency plans to ensure safety and business
continuity with minimal disruption.
- IATA has targeted 100% of the international airports and ATS
(Air Traffic Service) providers used by IATA Member airlines. For high volume facilities,
expert teams are making on-site visits to assist in completing the necessary inventories
and assessments. For medium and smaller volume facilities, regional training seminars are
being organised and a methodology ‘toolkit’ made available to help airports and
ATS providers to review their installations and inform their airline customers about the
status of their Year 2000 programmes.
- Airport Programme 8,096,200
- ATS Programme 7,962,200
- Project management 1,920,000
- Other (incl. methodology, database and suppliers) 1,765,000
- TOTAL 19,743,400
- All airlines are welcome to participate in the project and
obtain access to the database. The cost of participation will be equivalent to that of
IATA Member airlines.
- NBTA - National Business Travel Association - Travel & Information Resources Index
- Air Transport Association
- ATA Year
2000 Program
- Air Transport Association -
Press Releases Airlines Announce Industry-Wide Year 2000 Program Thomas J.
Browne Named Executive Director
- "Because of the interdependencies between airlines and the FAA, government agencies
and other suppliers and vendors, the Year 2000 readiness issue is critical," said ATA
President Carol Hallett. "The ATA Year 2000 Program will enable us to
provide our member airlines with an accurate assessment of the readiness of the FAA and
other governmental agencies, airline vendors and suppliers. We are confident that Mr.
Browne's background and perspective will enable us to identify potential problems early in
the planning process and, if necessary, to develop and implement contingency plans."
IEEE Spectrum, The Institute: Feature Stories April 1998
- FAA REACTING SLOWLY TO YEAR 2000 COMPUTER PROBLEM BY ANNETTE CODISPOTI Assistant Editor,
The Institute
- Making the skies safe for 1 Jan. 2000 is no small task: With 23 million lines of code,
50 computer languages and more than 250 computer systems, the FAA has a difficult road
ahead. Randy Schwitz, executive vice president of the National Air Traffic
Controllers Association, said NATCA has been following the FAA's progress -- or
lack thereof -- and things aren't pretty.
- Another big problem, said Schwitz, is the lack of a contingency plan. The controllers
need to be trained to handle the problems that will arise if the systems fail. After all,
this doesn't happen every day. There is a backup system called DARC (direct access radar
channel) but Schwitz said that the FAA is not sure if DARC is Y2K compliant either.
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