Risk Management For Electronics on Aircraft

Phronesis writes "M. Granger Morgan and his graduate student Bill Strauss have a nice article in Issues in Science and Technology about the risks posed by electronic devices in flight. Unlike most articles on the subject, this one neither pooh-poohs the risks ('We have estimated that reported events are occurring at a rate of about 15 and perhaps as many as 25 per year') nor exaggerates them ('RF interference from consumer electronics is unlikely to have figured in more than a few percent of commercial air accidents, if any at all, during the past 10 years.'). Instead, it presents a sensible plan for dealing with the risks that will accompany the inevitable expansion of the range of electronic devices passengers will use in flight, including cell phones and wireless computer networking."

Comments

This is nice and all...

[jstepka]

Who wants people to use cellular phones?

I know that I do not.

I find it VERY rude when I am forced to hear someone talking loud to someone that does not matter to me on a cellular phone in public. In general the worse the connection, the louder the person talks... I can only imagine that volume people will be yelling at when they are 35,000 feet above ground.

Think of all the people reading, sleeping, or using headphones to provide peace to those around them.

KEEP THE AIRPLANES PHONE FREE!