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FAA May Let You Use Electronic Devices During Airplane Takeoff and Landing Soon
colinneagle writes "Members of an FAA advisory panel are reportedly meeting this week to make changes to the ban on the use of electronic devices on an airplane during takeoff and landing. The new regulations will allow the use of electronic devices to access content stored on the devices, including e-books, music, podcasts, and video. Sending emails, connecting to Wi-Fi, and making phone calls will still be prohibited. The announcement is expected to be made later this month, and the rules put into effect next year, according to the report."
So here's the thing: It's their plane.
When you buy the ticket and board the plane, you agree to play by their rules. They have the property rights and have sold you limited rights to your seats with stipulations.
If you can't accept the stipulations and choose to break the rules, don't be surprised if you need to be embarrassed into submission or even thrown off the plane when you get caught breaking the rules.
Your opinion of their rules and the basis of their rules are irrelevant given that you have already agreed to their rules. So sit down, turn off everything they say to turn off, and find solace in the fact that you're following the minimal ethic of peaceful coexistence- honoring a contract.
Is this really a pressing issue? People can't wait until they're in the f'in air or on the ground to access there electronic devices!! Oh god the horror of having to wait for a few minutes, my fingers are twitching and I am having hot flashes, must... use..... electronic device, ahhhhhhh!!!!
Leave it up the FAA to waste time and money over something so stupid. Having said that I am aware of the argument over electronic devices and interference (or lack of) with the planes instruments/systems. The FAA is a defunct agency anyway another sanctioning body of the fed that should be cut completely and replaced with an org or society, that actually does its job. Too many elite companies own the FAA or any federal agency anyway so there test results on various things are fixed or falsely reported.