Podcast: Portable Electronic Devices on Airplanes

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Key Takeaways:

  • Alaska Airlines is integrating iPads into aircraft cockpits.
  • This decision comes amidst concerns, highlighted by an ABC News report, regarding the potential for portable electronic devices (PEDs) to disrupt airplane avionics.
  • The article aims to clarify the real story concerning PEDs and their impact on aviation equipment.
  • Insights will be provided by Dave Carson, who co-chaired a federal advisory committee on PED safety.
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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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