Originally Posted by
GoAmtrak
The analogy doesn't hold. Cockpit iPads have FAA-approved brackets to keep them from becoming projectiles. Plus, it's good for pax to have situational awareness at those critical phases. For that same reason, I also wish all airlines had a shades-up policy for take-off and landing.
But I'm not required to stow my 1.5# hardback book during takeoff & landing, how is an iPad any more "dangerous"?
And we're not told we can't use our devices during takeoff & landing out of a fear that they might become projectiles, but rather because the electronics can interfere with flight systems.