Timeline for Why is the IFE only available after take-off and shut off before landing?
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| Mar 5, 2019 at 15:11 | comment | added | David Richerby | @Dave Yes, I should have mentioned that it's recent. I'm not sure if it's more or less recent than your answer. My guess would be that it was about the same time. | |
| Mar 5, 2019 at 15:10 | history | edited | Dave | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 5, 2019 at 15:06 | comment | added | Dave | @DavidRicherby that is actually a fairly recent change in regulations (perhaps even since I wrote this original answer), ill edit to reflect. | |
| Mar 5, 2019 at 12:16 | comment | added | David Richerby | Except you don't have to put away all electronic devices during take-off or landing. At least in the UK and the USA, they're happy for you to use things up to the size of a tablet during any phase of the flight, though they ask you to pay attention to the safety briefing and so on. | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 15:31 | comment | added | reirab | @Dave The FAA itself considers taxi to be a critical flight phase, at least for the purposes of their sterile cockpit rule. See 14 CFR 121.542. | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 15:25 | vote | accept | mart1n | ||
| Jun 29, 2015 at 15:25 | comment | added | mart1n | Very informative, thank you! | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 14:59 | comment | added | Dave | Excellent point! I have added a link to at least one airline that considers taxi a critical time as well. | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 14:58 | history | edited | Dave | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 29, 2015 at 14:45 | comment | added | mart1n | Sounds reasonable. Though I wonder why they can't turn it on before the take off. Taxiing to the runway can sometimes take a full hour and it would be nice to have some entertainment for that time :-) Shutting it off just before take-off or simply pausing it would satisfy the safety measures. | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 13:41 | history | answered | Dave | CC BY-SA 3.0 |