FCC vs FAA Story

Tue Jun 7 18:31:05 UTC 2022

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 at cluecentral.net> wrote:

> [replying to both to reduce the number of mails]
>
> ----- On Jun 6, 2022, at 5:31 PM, Stephen Sprunk stephen at sprunk.org wrote:
>
> >> On Jun 6, 2022, at 09:55, John R. Levine <johnl at 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
>
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