Hi Sabri The flight cancellations are already happening, now if weather threatens to make a RA required approach necessary at an airport covered by a 5G NOTAM the flight is frequently cancelled. Have you not noticed that during inclement weather this year the number of cancellations has vastly increased over previous years Airlines have no desire to deal with the ambulance chasers and if they can avoid the possibility by cancellation of flights they will do so. On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 11:48 AM Sabri Berisha <sabri@cluecentral.net> wrote:
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----- On Jun 6, 2022, at 5:31 PM, Stephen Sprunk stephen@sprunk.org wrote:
On Jun 6, 2022, at 09:55, John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
Instead the FAA stuck their fingers in their ears and said no, nothing can ever change, we can't hear you. Are you surprised the telecom industry is fed up?
Of course, I'm not surprised. But, remember one thing: this is the government messing up. One branch pitted against the other. As an innocent citizen, I could not care less: the government effed up.
Exactly. The FAA wants more delays while they do the work they should have done five years ago, but sorry, that’s not how politics works. The number of daily 5G users is orders of magnitude larger than the number of daily airline users, so the FCC *will* win this battle.
The FCC might win a battle, or even a lot of battles. All it takes is one downed aircraft with crying families all over CNN, followed by an NTSB investigation which only needs to mention 5G interference with RAs, and I will bet you $50 that ambulance chasing lawyers will sue everything and everyone connected to the 5G debate that even remotely advocated rolling out 5G over concerns for passenger safety.
Or, of course, the FAA will really play dirty politics and ground aircraft fitted with certain RAs during a holiday weekend. Watch how quick public and political opinions can shift. Remember, most privacy invading laws usually pass with the "for the children" and "against the terrorists" arguments.
Sorry, this aircraft is fitted with an altimeter which may be subject to 5G interference, thus we have to cancel your flight. You know, for the children.
Thanks,
Sabri