FAA not anal about CELLPHONES (Part II)

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Cellphones a real threat to an airplane’s avionics
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By Stephen Pope / May 2006​

It comes down to the fact that a woefully inadequate amount of information currently exists to give researchers definitive data to make intelligent decisions, Strauss said. “Let’s say two years down the road we have an accident, and then in another year we have another accident,” he said. “How are we going to attribute those accidents to cellphone use? Right now as things stand, we really have nothing to do that. If we want to prevent that one accident that might occur every five or 10 years, then we need to start concentrating some energy in this area now.”

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[BoilerUP]

Who you gonna believe? Carnegie Mellon researchers, or Mythbusters???

 

[Stifler's Mom]

HA HA HA.

Nothing better than rolling off the first high speed and realize you left your phone on when your voice mails and text messages start announcing themselves.

WHOOPS!!!!!!!!!!

 

[atlcrashpad]

I heard it was the FCC that was anal about the cell phone thing.

 

[Groundpounder]

I've left my cell on a bunch of times, and the battery lasts maybe an hour at altitude. I guess it keeps looking for signals, and that kills it pretty quick. It also starts getting a signal around 3000 AGL in South Florida, nothing like hearing beeps and boops when getting set up to land.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

nothing like hearing beeps and boops when getting set up to land.

Ooh, I like that one. Off to the "You might be a regional F/O" thread with an idea. :cartman:

 

[FN FAL]

I'm going to have to get a cell phone one of these years. You never know when you might hit a deer on a county trunk or have to report an accident or crime in progress.

 

[ReverseSensing]

I'm going to have to get a cell phone one of these years. You never know when you might hit a deer on a county trunk or have to report an accident or crime in progress.

You, a deer, and a crime in progress. *shudders*

 

[FN FAL]

You, a deer, and a crime in progress. *shudders*

Well, you can't not be anal enough about cell phones.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Speaking of deer. Did anybody see the ManShow episode where they straped a fake deer to the hood of a car, parked it at a 7-11 style business, and harassed people through a speaker system?