British Airways

[Jack]

IT systems completely fucked.

It will cost them £100m to put right although I suspect it won't be them that will be picking up the tab.

Back up systems goosed!

It was nothing to do with their IT systems being outsourced.

Nothing to do with their call centre outsourced to India.

It was nothing to do with their IT being hacked.

Aye right!

Whatever it turns out to be;

# We will not be told the truth.

# A number of IT managers will be sacked

... with handsome payoffs and start new jobs in similar positions in the private sector within a few weeks in the sun.

# BA will continue to give poor service at a premium and mugs will still pay.

 

[egb_hibs]

A total cluster fuck. Doesn't feel like anything to do with hacking to me; but I suspect outsourcing may be implicated. I think they'd be daft to just completely lie so I expect a power problem may be the 'cause', but as with other IT disasters I suspect clueless response to (or preparation for) standard problems has turned a fender-bender into a meltdown.

 

[Jack]

A total cluster fuck. Doesn't feel like anything to do with hacking to me; but I suspect outsourcing may be implicated. I think they'd be daft to just completely lie so I expect a power problem may be the 'cause', but as with other IT disasters I suspect clueless response to (or preparation for) standard problems has turned a fender-bender into a meltdown.

Are you suggesting big business is honest!

 

[egb_hibs]

Are you suggesting big business is honest!

No I'm suggesting they'd be daft to make a claim that can be so easily countered if it's wholly made up - as opposed to misdirection from the substantial issue. For the avoidance of doubt - do I think a power outage is the real cause : not on your nelly. I suspect one will have happened but will be the cause only in the sense that the weather is the cause when a speeding, pished driver skids and crashes.