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Thanks for the link, a few good quotes from there: Now this I can definately belive: "the report concludes that the primary reason for the ban on cell phone us
by rakkhi 16y ago
Thanks for the link, a few good quotes from there:
Now this I can definately belive:
"the report concludes that the primary reason for the ban on cell phone use in flight is that neither the FAA nor the FCC are willing to spend the money to perform conclusive safety tests. "
God flight attendant observations? Thats the evidence that is reliable? How could you isolate for all the other factors?
"However a few reports state that anomalies were observed to appear and disappear as the suspect device was turned on and off which would indicate a high degree of correlation."
"Degrees of correlation or confidence were not among the data summarized in the report."
"There is no smoking gun to this story: there is no definitive instance of an air accident known to have been caused by a passenger's use of an electronic device. "
This is my point - are we still in 1984?
"will exceed demonstrated susceptibility levels for equipment qualified to standards published prior to July 1984"
BBC report:
"most of the evidence is circumstantial and anecdotal. There is no absolute proof mobile phones are hazardous."
"Whether interference from small battery-powered devices should have any influence on electronic systems that should be designed to fly through lightning storms without failing is often disputed by critics of the ban."
- eli 16y agoThis is my point - are we still in 1984? No, but I'm pretty sure the point is that planes from 1984 are still in use.
- count 16y agoThe airframes might be, but they definitely have been upgraded/retrofitted with newer gear. My favorite is the industrial, hardened switch for 'Internet Off' on Delta flights with onboard Wifi now (which I can't believe I can't find a picture of!). If I can use WiFi on the plane while it's flying, why not while it's taking off and landing?
- hcho 16y agoBecause if something goes wrong the pilots have a lot more of time for a corrective action during flight. Not so much during take off and landing.
- gte910h 16y agoNot really. Planes are removed from service, every internal bit is replaced every few years.
- mikeryan 16y agoTo cut the FAA/FCC a bit of slack, its not as easy as one test - one result. There are so many existing permutations of airplane electronics and changing cellphone technologies that its almost impossible and really not economical to test them all. So it is actually much easier to just say no.