Law to ban laptops in the cockpit

[poadeleted20]

Your obtuse view of the NWA situation prevents you from having the acuity to understand I was pointing out the safety aspect of what happened in the NWA cockpit is on the same level of what can happen in a GA cockpit.

I don't think anyone questioned that, certainly not I. And if I failed to make clear that I think fiddling with a laptop for nonoperational purposes is as unprofessional in the cockpit of a 172 as it is in the cockpit of a 757, mea culpa. But it's a long way from that to saying that the same level of regulation should be applied to both levels of flying, either in strictness or in laxity.

 

[poadeleted20]

We were discussing safety in the cockpit irregardless of what you fly.

Perhaps you were, and if so, I did not see that. However, I thought we were discussing a law being proposed in Congress, which is not the same thing.

 

[Obi Heed Kenobi]

We were discussing safety in the cockpit irregardless of what you fly.

And I took his response to be along the lines of, "absolutely, but that's not how the law views it." Was that incorrect? Sometimes I tend to read things in that aren't there....

None of us like the rules, especially when we know that 1/2 to 3/4 of them are foolish, useless, and/or unenforced. But, the rules remain the rules, the law remains the law - I hope, and expect, them/it to be followed. The way to get rid of foolish laws, especially when you're doing something that's allowed at the pleasure of a majority which you're not part of, isn't to disobey the rules - it's to have them changed. And, if you can't change them, you're stuck with them; unless, of course, you want to risk further foolish rules following your failure to comply with the already foolish rules!

I know it's something of a Catch-22 and a no-win scenario, but it is what it is....

 

[SCCutler]

1. I went to law school, did OK, make an adequate living at it, but on matter sof FAR interpretation, I have found that Mr. Levy is often a very good resource. YMMV.

2. Unless someone can show me that the publicly-disclosed information came from an ASAP submission, I think the "compromise" of the ASAP initiatives is illusory.

3. I'd ask that everyone here restrain themselves from commenting about the person, and focus, if one disagrees with the substance of what another member has to say, upon presenting an alternative position, bolstered (perhaps) by citations to sources. It is so much more satisfying than sharply-worded insults.