FAA recommends allowing personal electronics use on takeoff/landing

Started by Майор Хаткевич, September 27, 2013, 02:45:43 AM

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a2capt

Advisory Committee.. the old man has to buy off on it.
That's like trying to convince your dad that the Camaro is a good option .. when your 16. :)

JeffDG

You know that an Advisory Committee at the FDA recommended toxicity warning lables on Acetaminophen (Tylenol) in 1977...took the FDA 32 years to implement:
QuoteIn 1977, an expert panel convened by the FDA issued urgently worded advice, saying it was "obligatory" to put a warning on the drug's label that it could cause "severe liver damage." After much debate, the FDA added the warning 32 years later.
http://www.propublica.org/article/tylenol-mcneil-fda-use-only-as-directed

So...see ya in 3 decades or so when I can use my Kindle during takeoff.

PHall

Quote from: JeffDG on September 27, 2013, 12:19:27 PM
You know that an Advisory Committee at the FDA recommended toxicity warning lables on Acetaminophen (Tylenol) in 1977...took the FDA 32 years to implement:
QuoteIn 1977, an expert panel convened by the FDA issued urgently worded advice, saying it was "obligatory" to put a warning on the drug's label that it could cause "severe liver damage." After much debate, the FDA added the warning 32 years later.
http://www.propublica.org/article/tylenol-mcneil-fda-use-only-as-directed

So...see ya in 3 decades or so when I can use my Kindle during takeoff.

And by then they will have been declared a terrorist device because some terrorist, somewhere, used a Kindle as part of a bomb.
So you won't be allowed to have it on the plane anyway! >:D

Al Sayre

Lt Col Al Sayre
MS Wing Staff Dude
Admiral, Great Navy of the State of Nebraska
GRW #2787


a2capt


PHall


SunDog

Anyone consistently "forget" to power-off their cell phone in CAP or GA flying?

JeffDG

Quote from: SunDog on September 27, 2013, 06:09:48 PM
Anyone consistently "forget" to power-off their cell phone in CAP or GA flying?
NEVER, not me, nope.   >:D

a2capt

Even when it's off. It's not off. The whole thing is ludicrous. 

Ever use a tone sniffer around an iPad, phone, etc?

They're all leaking like the Titanic.

Offutteer

Quote from: a2capt on September 27, 2013, 06:21:15 PM
Even when it's off. It's not off. The whole thing is ludicrous. 

Ever use a tone sniffer around an iPad, phone, etc?

They're all leaking like the Titanic.

For those of us not named Jason Bourne, what did you say?  A tone sniffer sounds like something you'd find in the back of a Mad Magazine along with the x-ray glasses.

a2capt


Take that on a plane.. it's great fun :)
You can find all kinds of leaking signals.

PHall

Quote from: a2capt on September 27, 2013, 07:15:51 PM

Take that on a plane.. it's great fun :)
You can find all kinds of leaking signals.


As someone who uses one of those just everyday, there's a reason there's a 60 Hz filter on the probe, floresant lights...
They also find motors and just about anything else that uses electrical power.

Luis R. Ramos

Don't tell me, but i'll bet that thing is either more than $20,000 or illegal for the majority of us, right?

:angel:

Flyer
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Squadron Communication Officer
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Critical AOA

Quote from: PHall on September 27, 2013, 08:45:46 PM
Quote from: a2capt on September 27, 2013, 07:15:51 PM
Take that on a plane.. it's great fun :)
You can find all kinds of leaking signals.

As someone who uses one of those just everyday, there's a reason there's a 60 Hz filter on the probe, floresant lights...
They also find motors and just about anything else that uses electrical power.

Yeah, but a 60HZ filter wouldn't matter much on a jet where the power is 400HZ.
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."   - George Bernard Shaw

JeffDG

Quote from: flyer333555 on September 27, 2013, 08:51:46 PM
Don't tell me, but i'll bet that thing is either more than $20,000 or illegal for the majority of us, right?

:angel:

Flyer
Nah...every decent network or phone guy has one...$26 at Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1ZZ0NK1163

That exact model is $110
http://www.testersandtools.com/Tempo-701K-G-Tone-and-Probe-Kit.php

lordmonar

Quote from: flyer333555 on September 27, 2013, 08:51:46 PM
Don't tell me, but i'll bet that thing is either more than $20,000 or illegal for the majority of us, right?

:angel:

Flyer
No...a good quality Fox and Hound/Test Tone Set will run you around $150 or so.  Depending on the bells and whistles.

It's primary purpose is to trace comm lines from the instrument to the punch down blocks and/or spice panel.
PATRICK M. HARRIS, SMSgt, CAP

Critical AOA

"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."   - George Bernard Shaw

PHall

Quote from: flyer333555 on September 27, 2013, 08:51:46 PM
Don't tell me, but i'll bet that thing is either more than $20,000 or illegal for the majority of us, right?

:angel:

Flyer


I've seen them in Home Depot, Orchard Supply Hardware and Lowes. Overpriced, but they're there.