Originally Posted by nfc
Last month, the AA flight I was on had a 2+ hr ground hold in DFW waiting for an EWR takeoff clearance. During the hold, we were allowed to use all PEDs including cell phones and laptops. As we got closer to our time slot, the FA asked us to put away our laptops so that we could expedite the departure. Cell phones were allowed until we began the taxi to takeoff.
Wow, sanity! Cheers to the AA crew. ^
I wish we could just have reasonable rules all the time. While on hold, use devices, put them away as departure gets close. Is that really that hard?