Brandon Ross wrote:
Do people really think the guy in the airport control tower is really surfing Facebook while he's controlling aircraft on the same computer, or that capability is even what is under consideration?
"Air traffic controller suspended for allowing son to radio instructions to pilots at New York's Kennedy Airport" http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/030410dnna... "Air traffic controller suspended, was chatting on phone with girlfriend during Hudson River crash" http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/08/13/2009-08-13_air_traffic_contro... Huh? ... Scary isn't it: "Pilots were working on laptops when plane overflew Minneapolis destination" http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/wayward-pilots-were-working-on... There is that capability however, you may be looking at it from a different perspective. It's easy enough to plop open an iPhone for Internet usage. I'm almost positive there are no "smart phone" policies in an Air Traffic Control tower. -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ J. Oquendo SGFA, SGFE, C|EH, CNDA, CHFI, OSCP, CPT "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." - Warren Buffett 227C 5D35 7DCB 0893 95AA 4771 1DCE 1FD1 5CCD 6B5E http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x5CCD6B5E