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Old Jan 29, 2026 | 1:56 pm
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Originally Posted by lincolnjkc
Being the IT realist that I am, unless this upgrade already has a ton of buffer in it (and 1:30-5am seems like and odd duration so I suspect there is at least some buffer) I was thinking on taking how far after 5am CT (6am ET) the first United flight actually departs.

'Cuz if the systems are down and UA can't process passengers (from the communication it seems like even airports will be offline) until 5am there's no way a flight is departing before +/-6:30 CT and that's assuming everything is back up right at 5 AM CT
My thoughts exactly
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