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November 5th, 2009

08:42 am - No more laptops?
Okay, we already know the story, but did you know...

Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., introduced a bill Thursday to ban nonessential electronics, including personal laptops, from the cockpit.

"We simply want to ensure that, with all of the electronic distractions available these days, flying the plane remains the their one and only focus," Menendez said in a statement.

Okay, come on. We all know these guys really managed to both fall asleep in the flight deck and didn't wake up until the plane was in Wisconsin. But instead of addressing the actual problem, you want to make sure to take away their excuse? Sheesh.

(Fuck Head)

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From:	xcorvis
Date:	November 5th, 2009 05:11 pm (UTC)

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Now that they won't have a laptop/DVD player/iPhone to entertain themselves, they really will be sleeping. Pilots don't have shit to do. I could never be one, it's too damn boring.

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From:	discoflamingo
Date:	November 6th, 2009 05:54 am (UTC)

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Old saying, "A pilot has three things to do - take off, land, and contribute to human error."

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From:	nemoren
Date:	November 6th, 2009 09:27 pm (UTC)

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Sudoku! Victrolas! Clapping games!

Or, you know, books. God, whatever did people do with themselves back in the 80s?

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From:	discoflamingo
Date:	November 6th, 2009 05:53 am (UTC)

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As somebody who helps build confusing and distracting things to put in cockpits, I want to go on record as saying that this is the dumbest fucking thing to do to a pilot short of installing a machine which punches them in the groin to keep them awake.

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