fofs called 5g operates on a radio spectrum that could bleed over into a radar altimeter. those altimeters off the ground for precise distance. critical for landing and poor visibility. warning of potential interference the faa had told pilots they would not be able to use altimeters at nearly 80 areas near sites, including large hubs, houston, dallas, l.a., new york, chicago and seattle. the airline warned that would lead to massive delays, diversions and cancellations. the faa has to go airport by airport, runway by runway and do an analysis to clear the runways at airports so we can safely fly. reporter: but the cell phone industry delayed it saying 5g is safe. the a.g. took aim saying we are frustrated by faa s inability to do nearly 40 countries have done
trump and biden administrations, and competing agendas. but concern, the new fifth generation of cell service, 5g, operates on a radio spectrum that could bleed over and interfere with the plane s altimeter. the altimeters bounce a signal off the ground to give pilots precise distance off the ground. 50, 40, 30. reporter: critical for landing in poor visibility. the faa told pilots they would not be able to use altimeters at more than 80 airports near 5g sites, including large airport hubs in houston, dallas, la, new york, chicago, and seattle. the airlines warned that would lead to massive delays, diversions, and cancellations. faa has to go airport by airport, runway by runway, to do an analysis and clear the runways at airports so we can safely fly. reporter: the cell phone industry, which delayed the rollout twice and says 5g is safe. at&t took aim at the faa, saying, we are frustrated by the
tomorrow in many parts of the country. just not right near airports and not in flight paths. and then we ve got to work through airport by airport, what they can do for long-term mitigation. redirecting the signals. operating those at a lower power. i m not an engineer, i don t know the solutions. the faa needs to have a list, work methodically, give the industry some certainty and have a schedule on how we re going to do this. how long do you think that s going to take? that s a question i m going to ask the administrator tomorrow. my last conversation with him proved to be incorrect about this problem. and i m going to say how long does it take you to do an airport. let s just say tomorrow you wanted to do seattle, tacoma, today wouldn t have had any flights. because of low visibility. how long to analyze each airport. let s have a schedule. let s move forward and give
good afternoon. nice to be here with you. let me start with your reaction we heard from verizon and at&t today. is this crisis averted? smr i am cautiously optimistic. it s good news, the regulator has to take this data and tell us all the airports we operate across the country are the safe to fly in as before. listen, a couple of questions for you on this. i hear you, you are not at the finish line yet. at&t made it clear this was a temporary solution. right. how long, what is the time line you are looking at this compromise we ll call it last? is it a matter of two months, two years? where are we on that spectrum? i think it s a key question. it rests on the faa to do this. they have to go airport by airport, runway by runway around do an analysis to clear these runways at airports so we can
a radio spectrum that could bleed over and interfere with a plane s radar altimeter. those altimeters bounce a signal off the ground to give pilots their precise distance to the ground 50, 40, 30 reporter: critical for landing in poor visibility warning of potential interference, the faa had told pilots they would not be able to use altimeters at more than 80 airports near 5g sites, including large airport hubs in houston, dallas, l.a., new york, chicago, and seattle the airlines warned that would lead to massive delays, diversions and cancellations as soon as wednesday. the faa has to go airport by airport, runway by runway and do an analysis to clear these runways at airports so that we can safely fly. reporter: but the cell phone industry, which already delayed the rollout twice and says 5g is safe at&t today took aim at the faa saying we ar frustrated by the faa s inability to do what nearly 40 countries have done, which is to safely deploy 5g technology without disruptin