Re:An airline that has made sure its airplanes won't disappear
by JoeAltmaier on Monday January 05, 2015 @12:13PM
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And yet... and yet, the pilots I know who fly big jets brought their own GPS units into the cockpit decades before 'reliable tested' versions were certified. And used them. Because they were helpful, but not necessary.
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Re:An airline that has made sure its airplanes won't disappear
by brandon272 on Monday January 05, 2015 @12:19PM
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And they are free to do so because the GPS units pose no risk to the aircraft, just as I use my iPad or smartphone on a plane.
Once you start talking about tracking systems that are tied into the plane's avionics in order to deliver information about the aircraft itself, that's another story.