Saturday, 2 November 2013

FAA now permits personal device usage inside an airplane.

It shouldn't be new to you that the use of gadgets such as mobile phones, computers, pagers, and game consoles are prohibited inside an airplane. According to what we have lived with for decades, devices like these they claim cause interference with the signals coming in and going out of the plane's cockpit communications and navigation equipment. Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, recently came up with a new regulation that will permit the use of personal electronics during taxing, take-offs, and landing but internet connections remain prohibited when the plane is less than 10,000 feet in the air. Voice calls remain banned during the entire flight. Flight manuals, crew training and safety briefings will be modified to allow the new policy.

 As soon as the new policy is safely implemented, air travellers will be able to operate their devices but voice calls and internet will remain prohibited.

 Airlines such as Delta Air have adopted the development and have performed the required tolerance tests on all of its aircraft and have submitted paperwork to the FAA for its approval. JetBlue Airways soon to adopt the new policy.

Apparently, the new policy will extend to our Airlines such as Arik. What do you feel?



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