An IT glitch leaves the cabin crew expecting to welcome a baby on board rather than a centenarian.

A 101-year-old woman keeps getting mistaken for a baby because of an error with an airline’s booking system.

The problem occurs because American Airlines’ systems apparently cannot compute that Patricia, who did not want to share her surname, was born in 1922, rather than 2022.

The BBC witnessed the latest mix-up, which she and the cabin crew were able to laugh off.

“It was funny that they thought I was only a little child and I’m an old lady!” she said.

But the centenarian says she would like the glitch to be fixed as it has caused her some problems in the past.

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
    13·
    8 months ago

    “Ma’am, are you sure you’re old enough to travel by yourself?”

    “Oh hohohoho, stop!”

    Just like my table-waiting days. You want to make a woman’s day, just ask to see some ID when she orders alcohol because anyone who appears to be under 20 must be carded.

    • Today@lemmy.world
      3·
      8 months ago

      Honestly, that just pisses me off. It’s wasting my time and the servers time. It’s gone so overboard in the ‘card everyone’ policy.

      • minibyte@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        8 months ago

        I get asked if I carded someone at work: who, the guy with the neck tattoo and beard? No. “Well you should have”