In message <[email protected]>,
dated Mon, 19 Mar 2012, "ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen"
<[email protected]> writes:
This scanner thing might be possible technically, but not possible to
implement in the organizational structure the flight crew is working.
"Please Ladies and Gentleman, someone in this row might have a PED
operating. Please stand-up so our lovely flight attendant can help you
switch off the device. " No it's not the kindle, but may be your
galaxy or your camera, oh no is can see, it's your Ipad.
And that for 40 rows on a total of 80 or so.
I don't think that's a realistic scenario; there are only likely to be
one or two devices left on after the call to switch off.
Just before takeoff..
" Sorry ladies and gentleman, but our flight has delayed another 10
minutes because on row 57 a operating PED has been detected."
Now, THIS is a realistic scenario today, but without the scanner the
Captain wouldn't even know the row. All she knows is the GPS is showing
the aircraft in the middle of the local shopping centre.
(While a student, I visited HMTS Monarch, which was about to lay the
first transatlantic telephone cable. In those days, it wasn't GPS, it
was Decca Navigator, and the tour officer explained that it hadn't been
calibrated that day, which was why the ship appeared to be in Greenwich
High Street.)
Or while landing:
" Ladies and Gentlemen, here is your Captain speaking; normally we
would have landed on Luton Airport. Unfortunately our scanner has
detected a working Personal Electronic Device, so we have to postpone
our landing for 34 minutes. Please be patient while our crew throws the
owner out of the window..."
So is this, except that the explanation for the delay is that 'The
airport below appears to be Shannon, not Luton.'
And after a few tries:
....captain speaking: In spite of a potential interference problem
with
one of the passengers Personal Electronic Devices operating, due to
lack of fuel
we are obliged now to initiate a possible failing landing procedure
Please adopt the official crash position as instructed...brace brace"
And, very unfortunately, this is ALSO realistic in the worst case. It
doesn't need a scanner or any other countermeasure; it could happen
tomorrow.
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