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FAA to Allow Airlines to Expand Use of Personal Electronics
The U.S. Department of Transportation\’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta today announced that the FAA has determined that airlines can safely expand passenger use of Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) during all phases of flight, and is immediately providing the airlines with implementation guidance. (www.faa.gov) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
You can bet the FA's are going to have their hands full trying to keep the gadgets under control LOL
Exactly...how are they supposed to know if someone's device is in airplane mode or not? While taxiing for t/o, a person can type a text with the intention on saving and sending it at a later time, or they can be shooting those texts off right there on the spot...the f/a wouldn't know which they were doing without asking the person, and that person almost certainly would lie and say "yeah, it's in airplane mode". The same goes for downloaded movie watching vs. streaming, and reading saved articles vs. those just pulled up off the web.
And how are they supposed to know which devices are considered too large or heavy for use during takeoff and landing? Will tape measures and scales now be standard issue for them? The FAA is only giving airlines clear "guidance" on the rule change, but it's still up to each individual airline to decide which specific devices are acceptable for use on their aircraft and at what specific times they can be used...which can wind up leading to confusion, especially among those travelers that aren't loyal to one airline.
And how are they supposed to know which devices are considered too large or heavy for use during takeoff and landing? Will tape measures and scales now be standard issue for them? The FAA is only giving airlines clear "guidance" on the rule change, but it's still up to each individual airline to decide which specific devices are acceptable for use on their aircraft and at what specific times they can be used...which can wind up leading to confusion, especially among those travelers that aren't loyal to one airline.
I feel bad for the flight attendants. More monitoring who is in airplane mode. Plus..and this huge..more people will not pay attention to the safety instructions they review before the flight.
I still say, take the obsolete "No Smoking" sign and make it a "No PED" sign. It can be chimed on/off for takeoff, landing, or cabin safety announcements. The FAs then have no other concerns. The devices can be out and used or must be put away. First violation, a warning, the second time your device becomes property of the airline until disembarking. Read the sign.
Great idea, Bill. But people never paid attention to the "NO SMOKING" sign. And they don't pay attention to the "SEATBELT" sign. Do you really think they will pay attention to a "NO PED" sign? Don't think so. And you comment, "FA's then have no other concerns"-?? I beg to differ. Now, the FA's will have to "police" passengers with laptops- making sure that they are stowed properly for take-off and landing. And they are going to be confronted with passengers that will refuse to stow them when they are asked to do so by the Flight Crew.
Passengers, now can have their "Kindle Fire" out from gate to gate. Personally, I would like to see them stowed for take-off and landing, as well. A "Kindle Fire" weighs 14.6 oz. Almost a pound. And if on take-off or landing the aircraft encountered an unfortunate event...such as a collapsed gear or even hitting a seawall...that "Kindle Fire" will definately turn into a killer projectile and will fly thru the cabin with unbelievable velocity. As far as PED's being on "Airplane Mode"...there is no way FA's can monitor that, nor should they have to, it will basically be on the "honor system". People have to start taking responsibility and comply with the rules and regulations and comply with Flight Attendant instructions. Sure would make for a more pleasant flight if everybody did that.
Passengers, now can have their "Kindle Fire" out from gate to gate. Personally, I would like to see them stowed for take-off and landing, as well. A "Kindle Fire" weighs 14.6 oz. Almost a pound. And if on take-off or landing the aircraft encountered an unfortunate event...such as a collapsed gear or even hitting a seawall...that "Kindle Fire" will definately turn into a killer projectile and will fly thru the cabin with unbelievable velocity. As far as PED's being on "Airplane Mode"...there is no way FA's can monitor that, nor should they have to, it will basically be on the "honor system". People have to start taking responsibility and comply with the rules and regulations and comply with Flight Attendant instructions. Sure would make for a more pleasant flight if everybody did that.
Dear friend Dee Lowry, please consider and enlighten about the use of jammers ! At number of places such systems are deployed to prevent photography by DSLRs or use of mobile phones and so on.
If so, why can't a similar jammer be deployed on the aircraft to prevent usage of PEDs when NOT desired ? Just the opposite of availability of wi-fi network ?
Either such a technology already exists and only needs proliferation OR it can be developed considering the wide spread applicability, from commercial viability point of view !
MHO
If so, why can't a similar jammer be deployed on the aircraft to prevent usage of PEDs when NOT desired ? Just the opposite of availability of wi-fi network ?
Either such a technology already exists and only needs proliferation OR it can be developed considering the wide spread applicability, from commercial viability point of view !
MHO
Keep in mind that if the concern is noise and interference over the frequencies the devices access, then "jamming" those frequencies would inherently mean generating lots of noise on those frequencies, compounding the problem.
Dee, you must also be a FA. If so, thank you for your service. The signs get ignored because there are no repercussions. I believe there are already laws about interfering with a flight crew and failing to follow the directives of a flight crew so we don't need new ones. What we need is realistic enforcement of the ones we have. The only new one may be something along the lines of a "No Fly" list for passengers deemed unruly or unsafe to other passengers. Sentencing to the list would be anywhere from a month to life depending on the gravity of the infraction and past history. No doubt it would make news and future passengers would get the message.