Podcast: Portable Electronic Devices on Airplanes

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Key Takeaways:

  • Alaska Airlines is introducing iPads for cockpit use in their airplanes.
  • Concerns have been raised about the potential for Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) to interfere with airplane avionics, as highlighted by a recent ABC News report.
  • An expert from a federal advisory committee on PED safety is being consulted to clarify the real story behind PEDs and aviation equipment.
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Alaska Airlines is putting iPads in the cockpits their airplanes, even as ABC News has released a report highlighting their disruptive potential to airplane avionics. What’s the real story on portable electronic devices and aviation equipment? AVweb‘s Glenn Pew asked Dave Carson, who co-chaired a federal advisory committee on PED safety, to walk us through the finer points.

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