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backscatter712

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9. Sounds like defective avionics...

Reply to frylock (Reply #5)

Mon May 14, 2012, 03:46 PM

May 2012

Why can't the avionics industry try making aircraft instruments and avionics that don't freak out because of EM from a twitchy cell phone?

Hell, they should be testing their hardware with a deliberately-engineered jamming device running in the passenger cabin, to ensure that they can deal with more than just twitchy cell phones.

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I haven't flown for years SoutherDem May 2012 #2

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Good to know. n/t SoutherDem May 2012 #4

if personal electronics had the potential to screw with a plane.. frylock May 2012 #5

Don't. Give. Them. IDEAS!!! Zalatix May 2012 #6

Just repeating the FAA's logic. Not endorsing it. jeff47 May 2012 #7

+1 nt Javaman May 2012 #8

Sounds like defective avionics... backscatter712 May 2012 #9

And just who would be paying for this? Angleae May 2012 #12

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