Hi Mike, I'm sorry but " Your life probably isn't worth that cell phone call or PC application. And I am certain that it isn't worth mine." Does not wash, witness the number of people who make cell calls while driving. Furthermore Radioactive and magnetic materials have been banned for years. People who should now better still put hazardus items on aircraft. Witness ValuJet flight 592. It's normally about money. Robert G8RPI. EASA licenced aircraft engineer, Senior Avionics Designer, MRAeS.
--- On Mon, 5/10/09, Mike Naruta AA8K <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mike Naruta AA8K <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GPS from a window seat To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 5 October, 2009, 9:13 PM I can only draw on my experience in the past as an avionics technician and Private PIC. How about a different perspective on this? Imagine that I bring aboard a "box of rocks" for my entertainment. It may be magnetic, radioactive, or some such. Now, these "rocks" could theoretically influence the aircraft's navigation or communications systems, but it "probably" won't, and no one has been able to prove it ever caused an incident yet. Now imagine that the majority of the passengers are also unwilling to sit still for the duration of the flight and have each brought their own boxes of rocks to entertain themselves. There should be no reason to be concerned, right? You bet your life. Why would you operate any device that might cause a problem? Your life probably isn't worth that cell phone call or PC application. And I am certain that it isn't worth mine. Chris Kuethe wrote: > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Robert Atkinson <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi >> There is of course a non technical, non EMC reason for such a ban. Security. >> It might _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
