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Qantas passengers the world over were thrown into chaos tonight after the airline’s check-in system, Amadeus, went into meltdown.
While the software developers are blaming a ‘glitch’, others are muttering darkly about the intense jealousy of Venetian composer Antonio Salieri (1750-1825).
Salieri! A humble, god-fearing boy who rose to become the most revered airline-reservations system in all Vienna, checking in the luggage of Emperor Leopold himself!
And yet, at the height of his powers, swept aside by the impetuous, base, brilliant, obscene... Amadeus.
Salieri realised that God had chosen Amadeus and not he as His instrument, providing an industry-leading distribution platform for more than 400 airlines worldwide.
Computer-crime detectives today raided Salieri’s hospital room and interviewed the old man for several hours. It’s believed that the ageing composer brought down Amadeus so that his name might always be remembered.
Now no-one will be able to speak of Amadeus without thinking of Salieri. Mediocre, loathsome, infamous—immortal—Salieri.
