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Give the flights a 128 bit number, so we can give each grain of sand on Earth its own flight number.
by MeteorMarc 2y ago
Give the flights a 128 bit number, so we can give each grain of sand on Earth its own flight number.
- gruez 2y agoSounds like flight GUIDs.
- poikroequ 2y agoI'm pretty sure they want to keep flight numbers short because that's how passengers identify their flight. As a passenger, you wouldn't want to be reading signs with 40 digit flight numbers. Attention passengers, flight 3467548742468759027225995322800483168368 to Dallas is now boarding.
- netsharc 2y agoHaha, UUIDs for flights.. that'd be obnoxious. Maybe use QR-Codes to store/display the UUIDs, and everyone should walk around with Apple helmets (what are they called?) that scan these codes as you walk around in the airport... (Facetious idea)
- karmakaze 2y agoIPv6 format could at least abbreviate.
- RiverCrochet 2y ago::1 is you entering then leaving the terminal immediately.
- thaumasiotes 2y ago> I'm pretty sure they want to keep flight numbers short because that's how passengers identify their flight. That wouldn't describe any passenger I've ever known, including myself. We identify our flight by destination and departure time. Airport boards are conveniently sorted by departure time. In case of a tie, I'd fall back to airline, also indicated separately on the board, but a tie over destination and departure time has never happened.
- davchana 2y ago> Airport boards are conveniently sorted by departure time. Not true always. Often I see them sorted alphabetically by Destination, then time (in west coast US). Or occasionally (in middle east) by Airline Name & then Time. All Qatar Airlines together. Sometimes even whole LCD Labeled (digitally, on screen) as A-E, F-M etc. and a bit frustrating way, because often I know my flight destination, but not precise time (& sometimes time shifts around), sorted by pure time.
- thaumasiotes 2y ago> Not true always Except that you go on to describe boards being sorted by time? They may also sort by destination or airline, which are the other pieces of information that I noted passengers already know. You can't use an airport without knowing your departure time and airline, and while it's technically possible to use the airport without knowing your destination (sort of... in point of fact, whenever I check in, the clerk invariably asks me where my final destination is), that's not a scenario that's ever going to come up. Nobody knows their flight number, and therefore they don't use it for any purpose, including the purpose of identifying their flight. > and a bit frustrating way, because often I know my flight destination, but not precise time (& sometimes time shifts around), sorted by pure time. What's the frustrating part? If you don't know the precise time, why does that matter? Knowing it to within an hour will unambiguously identify the flight.
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- aworks 2y agoIn the 1980s, I once boarded a Republic flight from Detroit to Houston. Unfortunately, the flight I paid for from Detroit to Houston was a different (and direct) one. In Detroit, there was confusion on the plane as someone else had the same seat assignment but they found me another seat. They finally figured out I was on the wrong plane when we landed in Memphis. I was bounced off a full flight and had to wait 8 hours for the next plane to Houston. Only one of the flight attendants seemed to pay attention to the flight number on my boarding pass. I was also on a flight once to San Jose, California that had a passenger who was supposed to go to San Jose, Costa Rica.
- wavemode 2y agoAnd here I am frustrated because I have a ticket for flight 3467548742468759027225995322800483168367 but it took 10 minutes for me to find out that you weren't addressing me.
- anonfordays 2y agoThis made me chuckle. Some IPv6 zealots are mad!