FAA Says No More Minesweeper Or Solitaire In Cockpit

If you like to pass the time playing minesweeper, or checking your Facebook updates while piloting a 900,000-pound aircraft 400 mph, you won't like the latest FAA decision. The agency has asked airlines to create policies to minimize cockpit distractions, including pilots' use of personal electronic devices. "There is no room for distraction when your job is to get people safely to their destinations," said DOT Secretary Ray LaHood. "The traveling public expects professional pilots to focus on flying and on safety at all times."

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Minesweeper

[D Ninja]

Should that have been caught when going through security at the airport? I mean, at a minimum, we're talking 10 bombs here...

Re:They need something to do

[Volante3192]

Pilot: "I spy, with my little eye, something white and fluffy."

Copilot: "A cloud. Ok, my turn. I spy, with my little eye, something white and fluffy."

Pilot: "Another cloud. Alright, I spy..."

Re:They need something to do

[somejeff]

Cap't Crunch: "I spy... with my little eye.... something that iiiiissss... square."
Co-Cap't Palm Pilot: "Is it the APU Generator 1 Bus Tie Isolation Button?"

Re:They need something to do

[the_tsi]

"No, I was thinking of that mountain goat over there."