MONTREAL, CANADA Pilot unions are strongly opposing single-pilot operations for commercial aircraft, labeling these automation-dependent concepts as profit-driven and posing significant safety risks. The Air Line Pilots Association International, European Cockpit Association, and International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations have formed a coalition to counter such initiatives and are committed to protecting the safety of passengers.
if you re vaccinated and boosted. but in other settings, it may not be so safe. reporter: meanwhile this morning, more pressure on the cell phone industry twob delay the rollout of 5g technology next month, after airplane giants boeing and airbus issued a rare joint call for the government and cell phone industry to postpone the rollout. warning 5g could intervene with critical cockpit technology. the cell phone industry says there s no reason to delay the rollout, telling nbc news, 5g networks operate safely, without interference in nearly 40 countries around the world, and it will be no different here. but pilot organizations, airlines, and members of congress share the concern that 5g can intervene with the plane s altimeters. if you re coming down in zero visibility and your radio altimeter is off, then you might just go boom into the ground. reporter: the faa has already issued an air worthiness directive for pilots not to use
runway when you apply the brakes how fast you try to come in as slowly as possible. but there is lots of advisories out there from the government and other pilot organizations with about whether or not to use the thrust so a lot of questions come into play. i want to see what is happening at the airport right now. you mentioned, miguel outbound flights were supposed to be getting going again. is that indeed, the case? reporter: they are starting to creep out of this airport. on the boards behind me here at the american terminal, they are starting to get onto the boards. after 2:00 p.m. eastern time, they are starting to schedule them to get out of laguardia. all inbound flights still closed. on the runways i can tell you we have spoken to two pilots. lorenzo, our producer have spoken to two pilots flying smaller planes regional jets and came in two hours before this incident happened and that pilot