Comments on: Cell phones and pagers really dangerous to avionics? http://cell-phone.online-buy.org/01/cell-phones-and-pagers-really-dangerous-to-avionics/ Review Cell Phones Sun, 20 May 2012 17:56:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Joe http://cell-phone.online-buy.org/01/cell-phones-and-pagers-really-dangerous-to-avionics/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Joe Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:37:34 +0000 http://cell-phone.online-buy.org/01/cell-phones-and-pagers-really-dangerous-to-avionics/#comment-458 General Aviation pilots do not ROUTINELY use cell phones during flight, as it is both illegal and unsafe. To answer your question, cell phones and other tranciever/reciever devices are not allowed becuase it is possible for them to interfere with modern flight instruments. EFIS (Electronic Flight Information System) is a delicate tool, run by a computer, and while I don't remember if it has been documented, we discussed in my Integrated Flight Operations class at college, an incident of EFIS just shutting off suddenly, when a group of reporters on a private flight were interviewing some famous person, and the person let out some major news and all the reporters called their publishing desks while airborne to try to get the story out first. General Aviation pilots do not ROUTINELY use cell phones during flight, as it is both illegal and unsafe. To answer your question, cell phones and other tranciever/reciever devices are not allowed becuase it is possible for them to interfere with modern flight instruments. EFIS (Electronic Flight Information System) is a delicate tool, run by a computer, and while I don’t remember if it has been documented, we discussed in my Integrated Flight Operations class at college, an incident of EFIS just shutting off suddenly, when a group of reporters on a private flight were interviewing some famous person, and the person let out some major news and all the reporters called their publishing desks while airborne to try to get the story out first.

]]> By: IceTrojan http://cell-phone.online-buy.org/01/cell-phones-and-pagers-really-dangerous-to-avionics/comment-page-1/#comment-457 IceTrojan Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:57:12 +0000 http://cell-phone.online-buy.org/01/cell-phones-and-pagers-really-dangerous-to-avionics/#comment-457 The true reason that cell phones are banned on airplanes was that the FCC requested that the FAA impose the ban. With the way cell phones continually contact cell towers to establish that link, imagine just one phone flying at 600 mph and contacting all the towers along the way. Now imagine several on one plane. Now imagine several tens of thousands crisscrossing the country. The fear is that the cell network would backlog and collapse. So in a way, cellphones are dangerous to electronics, just not on the plane (in fact, I just flew to Chicago, and pulled out my phone just to realize that I left it on the whole flight. Oops.) I mean, if it truly did have an effect, then we'd have planes falling out of the sky all day, every day, because someone forgot. The true reason that cell phones are banned on airplanes was that the FCC requested that the FAA impose the ban. With the way cell phones continually contact cell towers to establish that link, imagine just one phone flying at 600 mph and contacting all the towers along the way. Now imagine several on one plane. Now imagine several tens of thousands crisscrossing the country.

The fear is that the cell network would backlog and collapse. So in a way, cellphones are dangerous to electronics, just not on the plane (in fact, I just flew to Chicago, and pulled out my phone just to realize that I left it on the whole flight. Oops.)

I mean, if it truly did have an effect, then we’d have planes falling out of the sky all day, every day, because someone forgot.

]]> By: That GUY http://cell-phone.online-buy.org/01/cell-phones-and-pagers-really-dangerous-to-avionics/comment-page-1/#comment-456 That GUY Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:57:05 +0000 http://cell-phone.online-buy.org/01/cell-phones-and-pagers-really-dangerous-to-avionics/#comment-456 Yes but only slight interference but who wants to risk it at 30,000 feet Yes but only slight interference

but who wants to risk it at 30,000 feet

]]> By: SAYS ME http://cell-phone.online-buy.org/01/cell-phones-and-pagers-really-dangerous-to-avionics/comment-page-1/#comment-455 SAYS ME Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:20:24 +0000 http://cell-phone.online-buy.org/01/cell-phones-and-pagers-really-dangerous-to-avionics/#comment-455 The TV show Mythbusters did an episode on this and they had no effect They did note that the problem DID EXIST when cellphones were new ( documented ) but electronics have come a long way since then The TV show Mythbusters did an episode on this and they had no effect

They did note that the problem DID EXIST when cellphones were new ( documented ) but electronics have come a long way since then

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