5G Concerns Fizzle With Uneventful July 1 Power Boost - AVweb

I usually appreciate your work Russ but this is not very strong reporting. Without addressing the politics of how we got here or whether the restrictions are warranted, the important point that Russ has missed is that the restrictions are very real. In the plane I fly, the July 1 disabled our ability to use any ILS approaches below Category 1 minimums. On July 3rd our destination airport was right at the Cat 1 minimums. We landed uneventfully, so Russ says, total non-event, right? But if the visibility/RVR had dropped another 200 feet, every single flight in our aircraft type would have cancelled or diverted. So yes, the rollout was uneventful, and it will continue to be, until a hub airport or busy region like the Northeast US gets socked in below 1/2 mile visibility. Then, the mayhem will be unmistakable. Thankfully these conditions are rare, but when they arrive, I don’t think anyone will call it a fizzle. The 5G restrictions only become extreme when they are also coupled with extremely low weather- the two have to come together. I would expect a non-aviation news source to miss the mark on this kind of nuance, but here where we know a thing or two about airplanes, we can expect better.