FAA Pushed To Review Ban On Electronics

First time accepted submitter sfm writes "Ever tangle with a grumpy flight attendant over turning off your Kindle Fire before takeoff? This may change if the FAA reviews their policy for these devices. The FAA is under extreme pressure to either change the rules or give a good reason to keep them in place. From the article: 'According to people who work with an industry working group that the Federal Aviation Administration set up last year to study the use of portable electronics on planes, the agency hopes to announce by the end of this year that it will relax the rules for reading devices during takeoff and landing. The change would not include cellphones.'"

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In my experience

[argStyopa]

...it's rarely started by 'grumpy flight attendant'. The rules are the rules, and obviously the flight attendant isn't making them,. (I don't object to people being sticklers for safety - even if the rules are dubious.)

No, more frequently it's 'asshole passenger who doesn't think the rule needs to apply to him' that *makes* the flight attendant 'grumpy'.

Personally, I wish they were far MORE draconian: "Sir, turn off the phone in the next 10 seconds or we kick you off the plane, period, no appeals, no refund."

Re:So gleefully ignorant

[Frosty Piss]

Stewardess?

The flight attendant didn't make the rules, so why are giving him / her such a hard time?