The FAA is implementing new restrictions, effective in two months, that prohibit airline pilots from using personal electronic devices like cell phones and laptops on flight decks.
These rules codify existing policies, strengthen sterile cockpit requirements, and are a direct response to past incidents of pilot distraction caused by personal device use.
While pilot restrictions are tightening, the article notes a contrast with loosening restrictions for passenger device use, though a bill to ban in-flight passenger phone calls recently advanced.
As pilots increasingly rely on electronic devices as vital tools in the cockpit, the FAA announced this week that it will be adding new restrictions prohibiting the personal use of electronic devices on airline flight decks.
The rules, which cover the use of cell phones, laptops and any other personal electronic devices, are slated to go into effect in two months.
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