Relax. The worst would be a modern Windows-based system that must be rebooted after the 'blue-screens' and 'general protection faults'.
David -----Original Message----- From: Fred Townsend [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 2:24 PM To: Gregg Kervill Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stun Guns on Aircraft. Do you think the EMI from a stun gun can compare to the airplane being hit by lightning? World wide, airplanes are hit by lightning every day. They don't crash. Relax If you want something to worry about... worry about the FAA flight tracking computers that were built the 1970s that fail every day somewhere across the USA. Be very worried. Fred Townsend Gregg Kervill wrote: > There have been several reports here (in the US) that airlines are placing > guns or stun-guns on aircraft. > > I understand the risk of a bullet - I understand that the risk can be > reduced by using a flat, disc-shaped, rubber projectile. BUT, the though of > ANYONE discharging a stun gun on a flight deck full of mission critical > (and sometimes not well buffered) electronics scares me more that the though > of a terrorist. > > Please can someone tell me that I should not worry - or to stop flying. > > Best regards > > Gregg > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
