Will FAs treat a 13" convertible as an ipad that can be used for take-off an landing?
Nov 20, 2014, 3:48 pm
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Delta says:
http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...c-devices.html
PED use on the ground and during takeoff and landing should be limited to small, lightweight devices less than 2 lbs. These devices should be of a size that could easily be secured in a seat pocket without exceeding the designed weight capacity of 3 lbs. including all contents of seat pocket (safety card, Sky magazine, airsickness bag) and not impede emergency egress to the aisle.
Nov 20, 2014, 4:34 pm
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30 second Google search.
http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports...report_key=985
http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/A...8WAKE_HF_AW%29
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles...bulence.326329
http://m.ewn.co.za/2014/07/17/turbulence-and-truculence
http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4788154...181_final.docx
F=MA. I once treated a fairly serious head injury on a man sustained after a car accident launched a tissue box on the rear parcel shelf of his vehicle into his head. The sharp corners did some damage. Now imagine what a tablet flying across the cabin from a crash landing will do.
http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports...report_key=985
http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/A...8WAKE_HF_AW%29
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles...bulence.326329
http://m.ewn.co.za/2014/07/17/turbulence-and-truculence
http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4788154...181_final.docx
F=MA. I once treated a fairly serious head injury on a man sustained after a car accident launched a tissue box on the rear parcel shelf of his vehicle into his head. The sharp corners did some damage. Now imagine what a tablet flying across the cabin from a crash landing will do.
Nov 20, 2014, 5:46 pm
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I use a Surface Pro 2 both on take-off and landing but I always detach the keyboard and use it as a tablet.
Relative to TSA - someone without PreCheck is going to have to weigh in on that. Do they still ask you to take out your PC at the checkpoint?
Relative to TSA - someone without PreCheck is going to have to weigh in on that. Do they still ask you to take out your PC at the checkpoint?
Nov 20, 2014, 6:37 pm
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I've seen a 13" convertible used in tablet mode during takeoff/landing in F on AS with no protest from the FAs. Just one data point...
Nov 20, 2014, 6:48 pm
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My friend with the Surface Pro has PreCheck but often flies Spirit which doesn't have PreCheck support.
Nov 20, 2014, 8:11 pm
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F=MA. I once treated a fairly serious head injury on a man sustained after a car accident launched a tissue box on the rear parcel shelf of his vehicle into his head. The sharp corners did some damage. Now imagine what a tablet flying across the cabin from a crash landing will do.
Nov 20, 2014, 9:59 pm
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It is funny when you get used to PreCheck that you totally lose track of what the "normal" process is. The only downside with it is that it is no longer a 30 second walk-through process with the # of people they are shunting into the line. I don't mind the fact that there are more people in the line, I just don't like that they are clueless and take a 30 second process and make it a 1 minute one. When you add that up over 6 or so people, it now takes longer to get through the process.
Nov 22, 2014, 8:06 pm
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I'd rather minimise the risk of injury to myself or others in any event. Things being thrown from hand in event of a hard shock would not surprise me.
Nov 23, 2014, 8:05 pm
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Fair enough. But if I had to guess, I suspect that most people think it's worth the relatively small risk. I certainly do, which is why it doesn't bother me.
Nov 24, 2014, 11:29 am
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30 second Google search.
http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports...report_key=985
http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/A...8WAKE_HF_AW%29
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles...bulence.326329
http://m.ewn.co.za/2014/07/17/turbulence-and-truculence
http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4788154...181_final.docx
F=MA. I once treated a fairly serious head injury on a man sustained after a car accident launched a tissue box on the rear parcel shelf of his vehicle into his head. The sharp corners did some damage. Now imagine what a tablet flying across the cabin from a crash landing will do.
http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports...report_key=985
http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/A...8WAKE_HF_AW%29
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles...bulence.326329
http://m.ewn.co.za/2014/07/17/turbulence-and-truculence
http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4788154...181_final.docx
F=MA. I once treated a fairly serious head injury on a man sustained after a car accident launched a tissue box on the rear parcel shelf of his vehicle into his head. The sharp corners did some damage. Now imagine what a tablet flying across the cabin from a crash landing will do.
).I've always been surprised by the stupid excuses for limiting other people's behavior, using the fact that it's happened doesn't make the limitation reasonable. Frankly on a risk assessment I'm surprised you fly at all!
On a related issue, when are they going to get rid of the instructions on how to do up a seatbelt
. Seems most of us have figured that one out over the past 35 years!
Nov 25, 2014, 1:49 pm
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Similarly, OP, I have never been asked to stow my Surface Pro 3 for takeoff or landing. However, I do make sure to either remove or fold back the keyboard so as not to create any potential confusion.
Nov 25, 2014, 2:01 pm
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Even before I had Precheck, I never removed my Surface Pro 3 from my carry on and never had an issue.
Similarly, OP, I have never been asked to stow my Surface Pro 3 for takeoff or landing. However, I do make sure to either remove or fold back the keyboard so as not to create any potential confusion.
Similarly, OP, I have never been asked to stow my Surface Pro 3 for takeoff or landing. However, I do make sure to either remove or fold back the keyboard so as not to create any potential confusion.