Ar an ceathrú lá is fiche de mí Márta, scríobh HenHanna:
Peter T. Daniels wrote:
On Friday, April 9, 2021 at 11:30:06 AM UTC-4, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
From a report of the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch:
The operator had suspended operations for several months due to Covid-19 >> restrictions, and prior to the incident flight the reservation system from
which the load sheet was produced had been upgraded. There was a fault in >> the system which, when a female passenger checked in for the flight and used
or was given the title ‘Miss’, caused the system checked her in as a >> child. The system allocated them a child’s standard weight of 35 kg as >> opposed to the correct female standard weight of 69 kg. Consequently, with
38 females checked in incorrectly and misidentified as children, the G-TAWG
takeoff mass from the load sheet was 1,244 kg below the actual mass of the
aircraft.
...
The incident occurred due to a simple flaw in the programming of the IT >> system, which was due to the meaning of the title ‘Miss’ being interpreted
by the system as a child and not an adult female. This was because in the >> country where the system was programmed, Miss is a child and Ms is an adult
female.
What country might that be? India?
In what country are women automatically labeled "Miss"?
The women labeled themselves “Miss” in this case. It’s very very unusual not to
require a date of birth for passengers when booking and checking in, in my experience, why was that not used?!
I hadn’t realised my preference for Dr as a title in this and other contexts (I
don’t have my MRCSI) might have implications for calculated fuel load!
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/604f423be90e077fdf88493f/Boeing_737-8K5_G-TAWG_04-21.pdf
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