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I don't know anything about the specifics of how things got to where they are, just an outsider watching this regulatory mishap unfold. That being said ... It'

I don't know anything about the specifics of how things got to where they are, just an outsider watching this regulatory mishap unfold. That being said ... It's quite interesting to me that the FAA may end up grounding planes rather than carriers delaying a rollout of 5G. This seems to say a lot about society and government priorities in the US. (personally I don't know enough to make an informed value judgement here, but as a technology worker I'm biased toward preferring more and better internet at the cost of harming other sectors)

p_l 5y ago
Ultimately you have two separate agencies that can't block each other except by appealing to higher authority. With FAA not being able to block the rollout, the only way of fulfilling their mandate is to ground planes.
houseofzeus 5y ago
For perspective, elsewhere in the world it's already been rolled out - in some cases with less buffer than is proposed in the US. The carriers have already delayed their rollout multiple times and the FAA still hasn't been able to prove there is an impact, rather they keep issuing defensible statements that it could have an impact despite having had years to work on this.