Posts Tagged ‘ FAA ’

Alec Baldwin stirs up the ‘electronics on an airliner’ safety debate

December 7, 2011
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cellphonesonplanes

Baldwin dust-up sparks debate about electronics on planes Actor Alec Baldwin’s removal from an American Airlines plane Tuesday for playing a game on his cellphone has sparked discussion among experts and frequent fliers at odds over being required to shut off electronic devices during takeoff and landing. Federal Aviation Administration rules state that no airline or pilot may allow passengers to operate “any portable electronic device” on an operating aircraft. Nonetheless, airlines often allow passengers to use laptops and other devices that...

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The debate continues, are cellphones safe on airplanes?

June 10, 2011
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ABC News reports……… Like most airline passengers, you probably have serious doubts about those pre-flight announcements asking you to turn off your cellphones, blackberries, iPods and anything else electronic. The announcements are flat-out ignored by many frequent fliers, who are skeptical that so-called “personal electronic devices” pose any safety threat to airplane. Some passengers openly rebel, like New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, who cursed out one flight attendant who demanded he turn off his cellphone. But a confidential industry...

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US Airlines Ordered to Remove Emergency Oxygen from Bathrooms. Too Risky.

March 11, 2011
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Emergency oxygen secretly removed from all U.S. airplane bathrooms by KING 5 News SEATTLE – If you’re doing your business in an airplane lavatory and the plane suddenly decompresses, you won’t have access to oxygen anymore, according to published reports. The FAA secretly ordered every U.S. airline last month to empty or remove emergency oxygen tanks in all their airplane lavatories. Air Worthiness Directive 2011-04-09, as it is called, has reportedly been enacted on 6,000 airplanes across the country. The...

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JetBlue Bag Lady & Cause of Flight Attendant Meltdown Facing Huge Fines

August 12, 2010
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Hmmmm..... where's my gun? It was here a minute ago.

Plane-iac’s foe faces 25G hit FAA: JetBlue bag lady broke a slue of rules New York Post – By Philip Messing and Doug Auer The woman whose oversize luggage sparked a tarmac tirade by a JetBlue flight attendant is in the cross hairs of federal officials mulling stiff penalties and heavy fines for her temper tantrum, authorities said yesterday. The unidentified passenger could be slapped with a fine of up to $25,000 fine for bringing down an overhead bin’s door...

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