Daily Roundup--December 21, 2011

The FAA today mandated new rest rules for airline pilots. It’s been a long time in the making. Too bad, for safety’s sake, we have to wait two years for them to be implemented.

Some industry experts, however, say the new rules don’t extend to enough pilots.

It looks like Alec Baldwin isn’t the only one to not turn off electronic devices during take off and landing.

Comments

[Ron]

I would rather have the airlines err on the side of caution and flight safety. I find it astounding that so many people have this sense of chilish right to have electronics on at takeoff and landing. If the airline out of abundance of caution asks us to turn these items off completely at take off and landing then do it, even if the flight crews are using iPads in the cockpit. A few minutes at each end of a flight is not a sacrifice. Just turn the item off.