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RE: HUH????
By Sartori42 on 4/4/2007 5:38:47 AM , Rating: 3
You may not have known the exact real-world effects of cell phone usage on an aircraft's circuits with a study like this. And different aircraft will undoubtedly have different vulnerabilities.

Why use a cell phone in flight? Why use one at all, ever? Somehow people survived (and even procrated!) before cell phones, but now some people are never without a connection. Look at the folks with those little headsets permanently attached to their heads. So, the world progresses and people begin to feel that there shouldn't be ANYWHERE that they are out of contact. Maybe for business, maybe for personal reasons. Whatever. Time goes on. People want more convenience.

Also, I think the idea was to try to find a way to give consumers the convenience without causing a safety issue. Without an in-depth study, the solution may elude them. What if you could have both inexpensive communications capability and in-flight safety? What if the results had been different? Would the study then have been worth it?

So, even tho the study didn't produce the "happy answer", you needed the study to learn the facts.

RE: HUH????
By alifbaa on 4/4/2007 7:46:21 PM , Rating: 2
Actually, from my reading of the article, the "happy answer" is exactly what the study produced, which is why they finished the study. I think the title is poorly worded because the author failed to understand what the study was actually trying to do and was capable of affecting.

