[LINK] Navitaire was a Virgin, and now Blue as well

[Roger Clarke]

Still no clue to Virgin Blue's $20m question
Fran Foo
The Australian
October 12, 2010 12:00AM
...
"Once it was determined that [fix the problem on the primary system] 
could not occur the decision was made to move to the recovery centre. 
(In) being brought up (the recovery centre) needs to be tested . . . 
(we need) to make sure that it's going to work.
...

[So, finally, we have the answer.
[The backup and recovery plan had never been tested.]


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