FAA Panel Recommends Easing In-Flight Device Rules

<p>According to a report by <a title&equals;"FAA" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;hosted&period;ap&period;org&sol;dynamic&sol;stories&sol;U&sol;US&lowbar;CELLPHONES&lowbar;PLANES&quest;SITE&equals;AP&amp&semi;SECTION&equals;HOME&amp&semi;TEMPLATE&equals;DEFAULT&amp&semi;CTIME&equals;2013-09-26-20-58-32" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer"><em>The Associated Press<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; the Federal Aviation Administration advisory committee recommended that passengers be allowed to use personal electronic devices&comma; such as smartphones&comma; tablets&comma; e-readers&comma; and others&comma; during takeoffs and landings&period; Those who do not want to worry about these things could hire a private jet from <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;skyaviationholdings&period;com&sol;">sky aviation<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While the 28-member committee said that downloading data&comma; surfing the Web&comma; and having a conversation on the phone would still be prohibited&comma; the committee said that reading e-books&comma; listening to music&comma; watching movies&comma; and conducting any kind of work on a laptop&comma; for example&comma; would be allowed&period; Even so&comma; devices will still need to be in airplane mode&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Currently&comma; the rule states that when planes are under 10&comma;000 feet&comma; all electronic devices are to be turned off in order to prevent any interference with cockpit equipment&period; As devices nowadays have little to no risk at all of interfering with cockpit equipment&comma; the rule is&comma; at best&comma; an arbitrary one&period; Planes have been equipped to prevent any electronic interference&comma; with Amazon spokesman Drew Herdener saying that this is a big win for customers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>We&&num;8217&semi;ve been fighting for our customers on this issue for years &&num;8211&semi; testing an airplane packed full of Kindles&comma; working with the FAA&comma; and serving as the device manufacturer on this committee&period; This is a big win for customers and&comma; frankly&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s about time&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s still up in the air whether FAA officials will accept or reject the committee&&num;8217&semi;s recommendations&comma; though odds are most&comma; if not all&comma; of these recommendations could allow restrictions to lift as soon as 2014&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you’re traveling with your team&comma; you can hire a private jet from <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;jettly&period;com">Jettly<&sol;a> with boardroom functionality so you and your team can spend the duration of the flight comfortably working together in the privacy of your own cabin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a title&equals;"FAA" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;news&period;cnet&period;com&sol;8301-1035&lowbar;3-57604917-94&sol;faa-panel-recommends-easing-rules-on-in-flight-devices&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">CNET<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;