Lawmakers Seek Ban on Laptops in Airliner Cockpits

Shouldn’t something like this be common sense, not something that lawmakers should have to worry about? Then again, if you leave it up to the airlines to do voluntarily, we end up with situations like this one.

Sen. Byron Dorgan, chairman of the aviation subcommittee, said in an interview that his staff is working on a bill that he expects to introduce in about a week. He said he was surprised to learn after the Oct. 21 incident that the Federal Aviation Administration doesn't specifically prohibit pilots from using laptops, DVD players, MP3 players.

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