QDDawg

With all the recent discussions of possibly banning laptops/tablets/computers in the cabin of flights - and the recent fire on the Jet Blue Flight - how will this affect IFE?

I suppose this can go any airline forum, but I know many Delta planes do not have seat back screens and just allow passengers to use their own devices and the gogo Delta studio to watch IFE.

I believe I read that American Airlines was no longer ordering planes with in seat video screens - as most people have their own personal devices.

So how will the airlines adapt in light of what appears to be a probable ban on personal computers - at least to and from certain destinations - install more in-seat screens or - GASP - back to the old overhead monitors in the aisles.

EditingFX

AT&T says that your ILE (In Life Entertainment) is your mobile device. Problem solved.

Oh, wait.... they catch on fire, too.

Time to buy stock in airside bookstores?

Widgets

I thought all of Delta's widebody international fleet had IFE. If the ban applies only to international flights, then everyone will still have access to some movies.

ashill

According to a credible-I-think poster in the thread in the transportation safety thread, the current best guess is that the restrictions will allow one phone and one other electronic device but will apply to all flights to or from the US, including domestic flights.

But DL won't be hit nearly as badly as this, based on current fleet planning, as AA and AS, both of which have gone much more all-in with streaming IFE to personal devices than DL. AS has never had screens (though they do provide tablets, which I imagine will continue to be available), and AA has stopped ordering planes with screens and is, I believe, actually planning to remove screens from at least some narrow bodies that have them now. (I hope those plans are on hold at least until they have an idea what the outcome of this mess will be!) And AA also cannot install personal screens on their 763s, which primarily serve intercontinental routes.

QDDawg

Yes, however - what about other airlines, like AA that I believe stated they were no longer installing/ordering in seat screens???

And, in light of the fire on Jet Blue this could easily impact domestic flights in the future- pure speculation on my part.

javabytes

Any change to IFE takes many years. So I wouldn't expect a knee-jerk reaction. I suspect:
1) they will just wait out this nonsense, and/or
2) they will provide tablets in premium cabins, as some Middle Eastern airlines have already started to do.

If this becomes the long-term reality, which I very much doubt, then over time you will see IFE equipment decisions made accordingly.

Widgets

Is this related to President Trump's controversial revelation to Russia that ISIS is capable of inconspicuous laptop bombs on commercial flights?

ashill

Yes. The intelligence he shared was the intelligence that led the US to consider this ban. (Insert "alleged" and "according to reporting based on leaks" and other disclaimers as you see fit.) See this monster thread.

TomMM

IFE will be replaced with coloring books.

hnewman

I want at least 64 colors for flights over 3 hours.

dinanm3atl

I wouldn't spend too much time dwelling on it. Reaction to it has been poor and it seems it is dying but the DHS/Etc keep claiming it is not.

TomMM

I am sorry but I believe that comes with a sharpener in the back of the box. Can't have anything like that on a flight

flyerCO

This is the DL forum. Not sure what this question really has to do with DL. However AA or OAL policies surely have nothing to do.

BenA

Am i the only one who would be stupidly excited to get an adult coloring book in business class?

NotHamSarnie

Not sure. But I'd be positively psyched to get that 64-color crayon set!