Ah, yes, another one from that link:
UGH - HELLO!
Who gives a damn if they can use their Digital PCS cell-phones??
Remember: They probably used the phones that are BUILT INTO THE HEADRESTS, in EVERY SINGLE ROW on those planes. Those planes have phones built into them, on every single row. You just swipe your credit card through it, and it charges your credit card, and you can talk.
It uses whatever Airline Cell Phone service they have.
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And yet another:
Here's a comment I got back when I copied this post to a pilot's message board:
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That wild flight of fantasy posted on another board is misinformed and ignorant. It speaks not to the facts, but to a kid who spends too much time on computer games and conspiracy theory.
He's talking about FMS programming, which performs within certain perameters. The FMS was not used to fly the airplanes into the buildings. They were handflown. The limitations the ill-informed author (Jim Heikkila) described do NOT apply when the airplane is handflown. Software does not protect the airplane in such circumstances.
The airplanes performance limitations can be exceeded. The posting by Mr. Heikkila is nonsensical and ignorant. Don't give it a moments notice, as it means nothing. Neither of those airplanes are flown by 'remote control,' and they were not flown by remote control on 09/11. Such fantasy is stupidity.
The CVR tapes were NOT 'blank.' A great deal of information has been obtained from data recorders and voice recorders; the poster is lying, or very ignorant.
'But due to a glitch in the system on a 757/767, rather than shutting off when the mic is redirected the voice recorder keeps running.'
A completely nonsensical statement. A CVR can be manually erased or stopped, but the mic isn't 'redirected.' It can be set for a lip mic, or an area mic, but it still picks up everything that is said, including very minute cockpit noises such as the flipping of a switch or the pulling of a breaker.
The poster is apparently passing himself off as someone who knows a lot, when in fact he doesn't even know a little. Ignore him; his information is nothing more than lies and mistruths designed to deceive and misinform. There is no substance to his comments.
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Oh. Raymond? I've made cell phone calls at 39,000 feet. From a jet. It works. |
