Orval Fairbairn wrote:



I wonder if it was a ploy to keep the U-2s from being cut from the
inventory.

And just how would screwing up air traffic for the entire South West for
hours accomplish that?

If it was because of a U-2, then my guess would be a software bug where
the software goes to la-la land when input parameters way out of "normal"
for civil aviation, e.g. as in the infamous Y2K problem where the original
programers failed to anticipate dates beyond 1999.


--
Jim Pennino