Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

[bross () pobox com]

On Thu, 8 Jul 2010, J. Oquendo wrote:

> Brandon Ross wrote:
> > Do people really think the guy in the airport control tower is really
> > surfing Facebook while he's controlling aircraft on the same computer, or
> > that capability is even what is under consideration?
> "Air traffic controller suspended for allowing son to radio instructions
> to pilots at New York's Kennedy Airport"
> http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/030410dnnatairtraffic.170a785b7.html

Please read critically before replying.  My exact quote included the words 
"on the same computer".  The article that started this thread is about 
protecting critical systems, not preventing people from making stupid 
mistakes.  If you want to talk about ATC procedures or the misbehavior of 
controllers using unapproved devices, there's a whole separate mailing 
list for that.

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