CMP.WERNER@UTEXAS-20.ARPA (09/26/84)
From: Werner Uhrig <CMP.WERNER@UTEXAS-20.ARPA> [ from Popular Computing, Nov 84, p23, section UPDATE ] After more than a year of controversy, an advisory committee to the airline industry has concluded they do not. While saying the computers should not be prohibited, the head of the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics recommended as an extra precaution that the machines not be used during takeoff and landing, when the need for radio-controlled navigation systems is most critical. [ I, recently, read that some airlines now explicitly permit their use. ] -------
kfr@hou5f.UUCP (10/01/84)
United Airlines has decided to IGNORE the requirements of FAR 91.19, and has issued a blanket approval for all portable computer use on all its aircraft. It is interesting to note that although 91.19 requires the airline to test each device for each type of aircraft, United has given an approval that covers computers that are not yet designed, and airliners that have not yet flown! This policy can be found on the last pages of the United magazine that is in all the seat packets of their planes. Kevin Redden (201) 834-4221