I dunno, it's tough to say.
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As part of its comments, Southwest Airlines Co. told the FAA that more than 400 of its 737 jets have flown more than 2.3 million hours with Wi-Fi systems operating in the cabin. There wasn't a single display incident related to Wi-Fi signals, according to the carrier's submission, which Southwest said "indicates a negligible level of risk."
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But they're using iPads and what not on the flight deck as part of their "electronic flight bag" and obviously those are much closer to the instruments in question.
They were doing alright, then...
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If a screen went dark during takeoff or a landing approach, according to the FAA, the result could be "loss of control of the airplane."
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It's unsettling to see the FAA falling into the public perception that pilots don't know how to fly their airplanes. In any event, the fact that the fix is better shielding and upgraded software, and not an immediate banning of all devices in airplanes, is an indicator of how concerning this story is.