Originally Posted by
WHBM
The options get worse as the years go by.
I used to be able to find all the detail I wanted in an OAG (the big book one) in about 5 seconds. The various computerised alternatives are grossly dumbed-down from this style, to the extent I can still be struggling after a couple of minutes.
Absolutely. Years ago I could consult the paper OAG for free at the local public library, which had subscriptions to both the domestic and international editions. Then they dropped their subscription on the ground that "Oh that's all on the computer now." Hah!
With all the fancy computerization nowadays it's still amazingly hard to find answers to simple and common (among travelers) questions like, "On which days of the week in summer are there non-stop flights between A and B?" or "To which European gateways does airline x fly nonstop from ORD?" The paper OAG made it much easier to answer these questions than most web sites do now.