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[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [IP] Maybe the cause is bad desigb of aircraft cell phones
and electronic devices are a risk to planes]
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:55:53 -0500
From: Mary Shaw <mary.shaw () gmail com>
To: dave () farber net
References: <440B5DEA.6000707 () farber net>

Once, long ago, I was told by a TWA flight attendant (I said it was long ago
...) that the *real* reason they wanted electronic devices off during
takeoff and landing was so passengers wouldn't be wearing headsets that
prevented them from hearing flight attendants' instructions, and also so the
devices themselves wouldn't be flying around the cabin in case of rough
flying or landing.

Mary


On 3/5/06, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [IP] more on Maybe cell phones and electronic devices are a
> risk to planes
> Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:31:32 -0500
> From: Bob Frankston <Bob2-19-0501 () bobf frankston com>
> To: dave () farber net
> CC: 'Dewayne Hendricks' <dewayne () warpspeed com>
>
> I couldn't resist send a note to Spectrum:
>
> - - -
>
> I'm amazed that the report doesn't cite the aircraft designers for
> incompetence. If aircraft is so vulnerable to even the weakest signals in
> an RF-laden world then they are too dangerous to fly. Is a PDA more
> dangerous than megawatt transmitters on the ground as plans are coming in
> for a landing?
>
> The devices cited are part of our basic technical infrastructure. The
> effort to find reasons to blame them for problems seems to have a
> moralistic agenda. If there are problems then they must be addressed by
> those most at risks - the aircraft. Why are they so vulnerable? If they
> are
> then we should ground the complete fleet until they are able to operate in
> today's world.
>
> -        - -
>
> Long ago Dewayne Hendricks commented that if planes were so vulnerable
> then
> they should be fixed.
>
> Why so much attention to what I consider moral threats rather than real
> threats that do exist?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]
> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 09:17
> To: ip () v2 listbox com
> Subject: [IP] more on Maybe cell phones and electronic devices are a risk
> to planes
>
>
>
> Study is in the March issue of IEEE Spectrum.
>
>
>
> http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/mar06/3069
>
>
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