Originally Posted by
Spounce
Not an overzealous FA. Laptops are not to be stowed in seat pockets for takeoff or landing....
I remember reading of a case in BC a few months back where a woman was killed while driving when she hit a lamp pole or something while moving at 80km/hr. She was killed by a laptop that she had left on her back seat. The thing, I guess, went flying and whapped her on the back of the head when she came to an abrupt stop. If you consider that an aircraft moves at much higher speed than 80km/hr she while it heads down the runway during takeoff and landing, the regulation makes perfect sense. untoward happen during our takeoff roll or landing, I'd would hate for someone who would otherwise have survived it unscathed to sustain severe injury just because a laptop hadn't been stowed correctly....
I get your point about the 10lb textbook, but CARs are
CARs and we are required to enforce them.
As someone else pointed out, an iPad is NOT a laptop, ergo, the fa's request was not a reasonable one.
http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/08/0...ptop-well-duh/
As for your car accident analogy, if you make this claim, you have to go all the way and have all hard cover books stowed as well. If not, the policy is discriminatory at best, or is being used in a false pretense.
Finally, as I've pointed out here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...ices-rule.html
yes, CARs are CARs but it is your own company that submits this policy to TC, thus it's your own company that has the power to change it.
Oh, and +1 to the fact that from final check to seat belt sign off is way more then 3 minutes!