June 20, 2007 - June 25, 2007 Work in progress, more write-up to come.... United 1, Anderson 0. In the early innings of the Anderson male bonding summer vacation, United Airlines shutout team Anderson before things could even get started. Up early Wednesday morning, through security in a blink of an eye, and on the plane with plenty of time to spare, a voice of the intercom brought everything to a screeching halt. “It seems that the entire United computer system has crashed. I’m afraid we won’t be flying until the system is back online and safety requirements can be electronically verified.” Apparently, this “crash” made national news as all United operations suffered. In the meantime, we sat in the plane for two hours watching the movie “Breach”. After the two hour delay, the United
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