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FAA Proposes Actions on In-Flight Entertainment Systems

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today proposed 14 airworthiness directives (ADs) that would ensure flight crews have the ability to shut off in-flight entertainment systems on several transport aircraft models when necessary. An extensive review of current in-flight entertainment systems revealed that these systems can remain powered despite current flight crew procedures.

Under today's proposals, operators would have to deactivate or modify the entertainment system, revise crew procedures for removing power from the system, or remove it from the airplane entirely. The options available to comply with the AD differ among affected operators depending on how their aircraft are configured. Compliance with the AD could affect the availability of in-seat passenger audio and video services.

Operators would have 18 months from the date the rule is final to take whatever action is appropriate for the aircraft in their fleet. These proposed ADs will remain open for comment until April 16 (April 2 for the Airbus A340-211).

The actions specified by these proposed orders are intended to assure the crew's ability to remove power from the entertainment system during unusual or emergency situations. The FAA proposed these ADs after its review of current in-flight entertainment systems that were added to certain aircraft models as aftermarket modifications. The review indicated one or more of the following conditions could exist:

-- The entertainment system cannot be turned off without removing power from other required systems.

-- The entertainment system can only be deactivated by pulling circuit breakers.

-- Procedures for deactivating the entertainment system are not available to the flight crew.

The 14 proposed ADs would apply to at least 74 U.S.-registered aircraft. Affected models include the Boeing 737-300 and -700, 747-100, -200, -400 and SP, 757-200, 767-200, -300 and -300ER, DC-9-51, MD-83 and DC-10-30, and the Airbus A340-211.

Primary operators of these aircraft are American Airlines, Continental Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines. Estimated cost to comply with the proposed ADs ranges between zero (for simply leaving the system turned off during flight) and $170,533 per aircraft (for extensive modifications).

The FAA also is developing four more similar ADs that affect some other aircraft models. The agency will publish these proposals in the Federal Register at a later date.

These proposed ADs are unrelated to the Swissair 111 accident that occurred off Nova Scotia in September 1998. The Canadian Transportation Safety Board has not yet determined the cause of that accident.

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Production Company is a major factor in entertainment
The production company acts as central headquarters for all stages of production. They range in size from a single person to over twenty employees and commit to duties ranging from the inception of an idea to making sure the final print's delivered to the theater on premiere night. They're core functions, however, are to assist the headlining producer in developing scripts, attaching talent, and running the day-to-day production activity. Although a handful of production companies fall under corporate studio umbrellas that cover their overhead, most work on a project-to-project basis much like the artists.

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Media Plan or Media Buy Plan

Definition:
A part of the communications plan that details how various media will be employed. Identifies the specific schedule of paid placements that have been negotiated for an ad or collection of ads, including the times and programs during which television and radio ads will run, the locations and sizes of billboards that will be placed, the publications and placement within those publications in which print ads will run, etc.

Kill Date

Definition:
The expiration date of advertising materials. Kill dates notify media outlets that an advertisement should not be broadcast or placed after that date.

Financier

Definition:
The financier is a non-developing financial provider for a film. Simply, financiers are usually money sources looking to invest in complete, packaged scripts. Although they have the ability to bring a significant amount of a movie's budget, financiers are often money people looking at the bottom line - does the project have marketable elements already in place? Unlike most developing studios, these money sources move from script to screen quickly, however, most of the initial footwork must already have been done.

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