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I understood it was illegal to depend on electronic equipment in the air?

Cthulhu_ 12y ago
"Was" being the correct word; airlines have become more and more lenient with that, and I'm sure airplane manufacturers do better shielding and error correction.
CPLX 12y ago
Pretty sure they use a couple transistors and integrated circuits in planes now. There may be a few requirements for testing and approval of electronics however.
jagermo 12y ago
I think that is for passengers during the critical phases (takeoff/landing) so that they are not distracted. A few airlines have switched over to digital maps for airports, since they offer some substantial advantages (less weight, more up to date, etc). If you want to have a look at one of these apps, its on the public app store (https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/lido-iroutemanual-aeronautical/id413078249?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/lido-iroutemanual-aeronautic...) - though I could not find a source that AA is using the LH Systems app (and if it was the source of the problem, I guess there would be several more stories about it. edit: Source: did some work for LH Systems, but not affiliated with them.
- manarth 12y ago
  FAA permitted "PED" use (Personal Electronic Devices) for passengers from late 2013: http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?cid=TW189&newsId=15254 http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?cid=TW... Other countries are slowly following suit.
rpmcb 12y ago
This is not true. In fact, we've built our entire business on the fact that pilots can use iPads while flying. www.foreflight.com
- learnstats2 12y ago
  Thanks, interesting, and thanks for understanding my point :) I'm pretty confident that pilots are required to be able to navigate with pencil and paper flight map, in case of equipment failure. As such, I'm surprised that airlines would allow iPads to be a critical failure point. I wish you good luck with your business, which I'm confident is highly valuable.

"Was" being the correct word; airlines have become more and more lenient with that, and I'm sure airplane manufacturers do better shielding and error correction.

CPLX 12y ago

Pretty sure they use a couple transistors and integrated circuits in planes now. There may be a few requirements for testing and approval of electronics however.

jagermo 12y ago

I think that is for passengers during the critical phases (takeoff/landing) so that they are not distracted. A few airlines have switched over to digital maps for airports, since they offer some substantial advantages (less weight, more up to date, etc). If you want to have a look at one of these apps, its on the public app store (https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/lido-iroutemanual-aeronautical/id413078249?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/lido-iroutemanual-aeronautic...) - though I could not find a source that AA is using the LH Systems app (and if it was the source of the problem, I guess there would be several more stories about it. edit: Source: did some work for LH Systems, but not affiliated with them.

manarth 12y ago
FAA permitted "PED" use (Personal Electronic Devices) for passengers from late 2013: http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?cid=TW189&newsId=15254 http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?cid=TW... Other countries are slowly following suit.

rpmcb 12y ago

This is not true. In fact, we've built our entire business on the fact that pilots can use iPads while flying. www.foreflight.com

learnstats2 12y ago
Thanks, interesting, and thanks for understanding my point :) I'm pretty confident that pilots are required to be able to navigate with pencil and paper flight map, in case of equipment failure. As such, I'm surprised that airlines would allow iPads to be a critical failure point. I wish you good luck with your business, which I'm confident is highly valuable.