Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

I think with cyber threats and power outages being the focus of the moment, occupying us business continuity folks, we have forgotten about a good old threat: the computer outage. If air flights only ran from 9-5, then airlines could do some evening work to catch up. Can airlines ever provide enough information?

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

Many are asking why the airline didn’t have backup systems, where their planning for this type of event was and why the plan hadn’t been exercised, as this would have greatly improved their response. When you run your operations at near capacity, the disruption has a long tail of knock-on effects.

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Outage Airlines Travel Backup 52

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

Many are asking why the airline didn’t have backup systems, where their planning for this type of event was and why the plan hadn’t been exercised, as this would have greatly improved their response. When you run your operations at near capacity, the disruption has a long tail of knock-on effects.

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Outage Airlines Travel Backup 52

Pure Storage

JUNE 29, 2023

Considering the airline database example above, a NoSQL database would, in this case, store semi-structured and unstructured data related to flights such as readings from airplane sensors and gauges, in-flight recordings and comms, GPS and mapping, regional conditions during the flight, and so on.

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