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Technology Stocks : ULBI..Ultralife Batteries -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gordon Quickstad who wrote (204)	4/7/1998 11:48:00 AM
From: webpilot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 522

Gordon, After spending over 40 years dealing with the FAA, I know how they operate and respond to incidents, accidents and other related problems regarding aviation safety. It is the CYA syndrome. They will institute a new regulation, procedure or instrument into the equation without using common sense. They don't look at how a new procedure will affect the over all operation. The result is an industry that operates with fragmented regulations, procedures,etc. A perfect example of this is to just look at all the signs posted around any ticket counter or gate area at the airport. Where are all my comments leading to ? It is just that if the FAA feels that recharging batteries in flight might lead to a compromise of safety, they will just say no to all batteries. It does not matter that lithium polymer is bullet proof. The answer will be no. For that matter, the airline or it's employees would not have the time to check out whether or not you have an approved battery in your computer. Actually this would be good for lithium polymer because passengers would have a very light alternative to current batteries and carrying an extra battery or two would not be inconvenient. A more realistic approach might be for the manufacturers to get together with the FAA and design a plug or system for recharging that is compatible with FAA approved batteries. But then it probably wouldn't be very long before you could buy an adapter to get around this.