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Turning Off iPhone Critical to Pilots Citing Interference
The regional airliner was climbing past 9,000 feet when its compasses went haywire, leading pilots several miles off course until a flight attendant persuaded a passenger in row 9 to switch off an Apple Inc. iPhone. (www.bloomberg.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The sad part about this is the fact that the bean counters believe what senior flight deck crews tell 'em.
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dont believe this bs.
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dont believe this bs.
You can make science say anything you want. The same generated theories are being used to tell us about global warming as the planet is actually cooling. I learned long ago to believe nothing of what you hear and half of what you see. People always push their agendas and beliefs and "prove" their views somehow. Phones must be turned off and electric shavers are OK. That makes sense! Ever walked by a radio with one of those on? Its just that electric shavers don't take money from the airlines.
Hmmmm.....did someone forget to set the DG. I guess the GPS wasn't set to track!
Apparently they forgot to set their compass (left it in DG vs SLAVE), the GPS and FMS must have been on MEL.
Just an off topic note, the GPS is not the most accurate form of navigation. The most accurate is DME-DME (which many many have not heard) but is an integral feature of FMS. FMS default navigation is DME-DME which each DME receiver can receive up to 5 stations each at the same time making an incredible accurate location of the a/c. GPS on most all part 121 airliners is only used for secondary GPS navigation in the cases where there are very few DME Stations. If your GPS is not working and you are in a low DME Coverage area you will see a message "FMS DR" manually check your position.
Just an off topic note, the GPS is not the most accurate form of navigation. The most accurate is DME-DME (which many many have not heard) but is an integral feature of FMS. FMS default navigation is DME-DME which each DME receiver can receive up to 5 stations each at the same time making an incredible accurate location of the a/c. GPS on most all part 121 airliners is only used for secondary GPS navigation in the cases where there are very few DME Stations. If your GPS is not working and you are in a low DME Coverage area you will see a message "FMS DR" manually check your position.
Cell phones are convenient scapegoats for many compass system or pilot errors. A failed slaving system or switch in the wrong position is the most common error. Since the inception of cell phones i have flown with them ON in the cockpits of aircraft from Champs to business jets and have never seen one issue. All this will go away when airlines can generate a revenue stream from cell phone use and then their use will be encouraged as much as possible. Cigarettes are bad but they make too much money to ban. Ethanol is bad in our gas but makes too much money for those involved to ban. I could go on and on but the general rule is money is the cause of most issues and solves them also.
You are dead on the money.