Originally Posted by
DenverBrian
But seat reinforcement, and lap/shoulder belts/airbags, and better clearance around exits, and changing the FA to pax ratios, are all much more lower hanging fruit than whether someone has his 2.1 pound laptop out at takeoff and landing.
But that's not how aviation is regulated. When operators want to add PED policies the FAA does take that and say 'let's look at seat reinforcement, etc., instead'.
Similarly, enacting rules to allow PED use do not prevent changing in rules for seats, belts, and exits. They are unconnected in the rulemaking process.