I'm stunned by this Mr. Bilton's cavalier attitude about other people's time and money, and maybe even more stunned at how little time or research he did before declaring that the whole thing would just be really simple and everything.
"To keep things moving, the airlines could team up and each make a single plane available for say, one day a month, until the testing is done. And the device and software makers, many with very deep pockets, could foot the bill. Any device maker who doesn't contribute financially to the testing won't be added to the new updated list of approved electronics devices on planes." I hope he doesn't get paid to write because I would expect much more from a paper written by a middle school student. His main point for the article is lost in his glaring self centeredness and impatience and his stunning oversimplification of the time, effort, and money required to save him 10-20 minutes of E-reading time. Pretend to be asleep for the minutes between the aircraft door closing and 10,000 feet. It's refreshing for you, an possibly whoever is stuck next to you. Gary -----Original Message----- From: Pat Lawler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 4:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] New immunity testing by the FAA in the future? Almost sounds like a whole new industry -- the business of testing aircraft for immunity to personal electronic devices: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/disruptions-time-to-review-f-a-a-policy-on-gadgets/ Pat Lawler - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
