c********l
发帖数: 8138 | 1 一件事情是，飞机起飞和降落时需要关闭个人电子设备。不过就在今天，美国联邦航空
管理局（Federal Aviation Administration）发布通讯稿称“航空公司可在航班全过
程中允许乘客安全地使用移动电子设备，并将即刻为航空公司提供具体的实施方案”。
这项指令修改的首日，并非所有航空公司都会立刻执行新规定，不过联邦航空管理局还
是希望在今年年底之前，所有的乘客都可以在航班飞行的全过程中令其电子设备在飞行
模式下保持始终开启状态。这对飞机上携有Wi-Fi的航班也有效。
Responding to a federal advisory committee report issued last month, the
Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday that it "can safely
expand passenger use of Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) during all phases
of flight." FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said the agency is already
working with airlines to implement the long-standing policy that has drawn
ire from fliers for decades.
When the overdue changes take place will depend on the airline, but Delta is
already out with a press release saying that it'll try to allow passengers
to use their gadgets as soon as tomorrow.
The FAA policy was based more on caution than hard facts. According to The
New York Times, the regulations were put into place during the 1950s when FM
transmitters actually could interfere with communications. But current
aircraft have more-advanced systems. In 2006, a study found no evidence in
either direction that consumer electronics could cause a disruption. "There
was no evidence saying these devices can't interfere with a plane, and there
was no evidence saying that they can," a FAA spokesman told The Times in
2011. The Times' tech columnist Nick Bilton has made a bit of a crusade of
the matter, even commissioning an independent test of the electrical
emissions of a Kindle. They were found to be "minuscule."
This is obviously great news for Alec Baldwin and other electronic-
obsessives. But airplanes aren't just going to be a free-for-all now that
you can read your Kindle during takeoff. The FAA still prohibits a huge list
of items from entering the plane. Some are plenty obvious, like firearms,
hand grenades and meat cleavers. Some are already obviously annoying for
fliers, such as liquid restrictions. Others are just a bit odd. You can't
bring pool cues, cricket bats, cattle prods, kubatons (which are real things
), vehicle airbags (???), and certain snow globes (because of the liquid) on
board.
Also, to the people now lamenting that this will bring the end to the tech-
sabbath refuge of the fuselage—be assured not much will really change.
People were always allowed to use electronics after takeoff, and cell phones
still cannot be used to make calls in the air. Also, no citizen of the
civilized world should ever use electronic devices without headphones on
public transportation. The only difference now is that you can continue
using your laptop or iPad during takeoff. So please, attempt to work through
the sometimes startling changes in G-forces as the plane accelerates down
the runway.
Although, we can all agree that a particularly nefarious snow globe poses
more of a public-safety threat than an e-reader ever did. | w*****g
发帖数: 16352 | 2 Fuck the stupid government！
------Trevor Phillips
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: 一件事情是，飞机起飞和降落时需要关闭个人电子设备。不过就在今天，美国联邦航空
: 管理局（Federal Aviation Administration）发布通讯稿称“航空公司可在航班全过
: 程中允许乘客安全地使用移动电子设备，并将即刻为航空公司提供具体的实施方案”。
: 这项指令修改的首日，并非所有航空公司都会立刻执行新规定，不过联邦航空管理局还
: 是希望在今年年底之前，所有的乘客都可以在航班飞行的全过程中令其电子设备在飞行
: 模式下保持始终开启状态。这对飞机上携有Wi-Fi的航班也有效。
: Responding to a federal advisory committee report issued last month, the
: Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday that it "can safely
: expand passenger use of Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) during all phases
: of flight." FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said the agency is already
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