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A Y2K-BUG STOMP: COMPANY COMMAND CENTERS ARE HOT NEW YEAR'S SPOT.
Crain's Chicago Business, June, 1999 by JOHNSSON, JULIE
The year 2000 will start early on Dec. 31 for UAL Corp., as three of the airline company's Boeing 747s streak across the international dateline en route to Australia. UAL managers monitoring year 2000 events will get their first glimpse of any computer-related aviation or radar problems as the company's United Airlines jets cross into the new millennium, 16 hours before midnight strikes at the Elk Grove Township corporate headquarters.
While United does not anticipate safety or flight problems, it is looking for any operational glitches, which would demand speedy remedies. ``Australia and New Zealand are the first place in United's world where the year 2000 will begin,'' says Rick Juster, director of the airline's corporate Year 2000 project. ``As the...
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