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The Federal Aviation Administration is considering whether to relax rules that ban the use of in-flight electronic devices. For the techno-geeks out there, that\u2019s good news.<\/p>\n

But I have even better news: The FAA is not \u2013 repeat, not<\/em> \u2013 considering a change in rules banning in-flight cellphone conversations.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/travel\/travelkit\/disruptions-f-may-loosen-curbs-fliers-use-electronics-1B9053926<\/a><\/p>\n

I do not consider myself to be a technoid. I was a bit behind the curve in obtaining a cellphone \u2026 but that was on purpose. I declared victory in my publicly stated desire to be the last man on the planet to get a cellphone. And the phone I now possess is not a \u201csmart phone,\u201d but rather it\u2019s a dumb device that performs essentially two tasks: It allows me to make phone calls and to receive them. <\/p>\n

So, I don\u2019t care much about whether the FAA allows I-Pads and I-Pods and Play Station devices to be used while jetliners are in flight. Have at it, folks. As the article linked here notes, the FAA does allow pilots to use these devices to chart their flight plans. Thus, some folks say, it\u2019s only fair to let passengers have a little fun with these gizmos while they\u2019re sitting in cramped seats back in the passenger compartment, right?<\/p>\n

I am happy to report that sanity continues to rule at the FAA, as it regards the use of cellphones. <\/p>\n

I can think of few more unpleasant circumstances than to be caught sitting next to someone \u2013 in a pressurized aircraft cruising at 35,000 feet above the Earth\u2019s surface \u2013 who is chatting nonsensically with God-knows-who on a cellphone. Enduring water torture is worse, I suppose.<\/p>\n

I barely can contain myself when I see motorists blabbing on these devices, even though Amarillo has said this activity is now illegal<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Our streets are crawling with lawbreakers, City Hall!<\/p>\n

The day the FAA allows that kind of activity on board commercial jetliners is the day I stop flying anywhere. I am guessing I won\u2019t be the only one who\u2019ll stay on the ground.<\/p>\n\n

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The Federal Aviation Administration is considering whether to relax rules that ban the use of in-flight electronic devices. For the techno-geeks out there, that\u2019s good news. But I have even better news: The FAA is not \u2013 repeat, not \u2013 considering a change in rules banning in-flight cellphone conversations. http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/travel\/travelkit\/disruptions-f-may-loosen-curbs-fliers-use-electronics-1B9053926 I do not consider myself … Continue reading Electronic device ruling may be relaxed<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}