Originally Posted by
bisonrav
The bulkhead pockets are held on with poppers I think, and the weight of a laptop combined with one or other of Newton's laws presumably causes a risk they'll detach.
Cabin crew don't have time for risk assessments and are not empowered to make judgement calls on fine distinctions - if a screen plus a keyboard is what they have been told is a laptop, then that's what it is.
And as others have said, follow crew instructions. It's the law anyway, but as a matter of common courtesy it's the easiest path.
Totally agree and I'll always make a point of listening to safety videos/demos even though I could probably give it, equally I'll do what I'm ask with little or no challenge. I think the poo T is it should be consistent, it either can go in the seat pocket or it can't, it shouldn't depend on the crew or day of the week.
This is why I prefer row 2 (I know I'm in the minority there).