Ars Technica reports:
A Washington, DC appeals court ruled [May 15][1] that the Federal Aviation Administration did not overstep its authority when it allowed airline passengers to use electronic devices during takeoff and landing.
The Association of Flight Attendants had challenged the change, suing Michael Huerta, the administrator of the FAA, along with that agency.
However, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the FAA has always had the ability to change rules as it pleases. The FAA had determined that allowing phones, e-readers, and other devices were within its purview.
Since [it first permitted airlines to allow passengers to] use personal electronic devices (PEDs) [in] October 2013, the FAA has authorized 31 airlines to do so.
The meat of the issue is that FAA's Notice N8900 is not a legislative rule carrying "the force and effect of law".
[1] The entire page is behind scripts.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by rts008 on Monday May 18 2015, @03:48PM
It takes a narrow mind to paint with so broad a brush.
I'm NOT surprised by you being surprised in this case.
I am getting weary of the warmongering attitude that has become the norm nowadays.
This 'us(the intelligent and righteous good guys) vs them(the idiotic and evil enemy)' mindset has permeated everywhere, and keeps clogging my FUD and BS detectors. Stop it. Just stop it, already. Enough is enough, and we've already gotten too much of it.
It accomplishes nothing positive, and only 'drives the wedge deeper'.(unless that is your goal; if so, then I have to question your goals, sanity, and intelligence)
[hyperbole warning] ;-)
I can see the cause of the coming extinction of the human species: we fatally overdose by mainlining our own FUD and BS cocktail.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @04:49PM
Quiet, you, or I'll start a Snowden/NSA thread (and maybe work in something about a police department)!
(Score: 2) by rts008 on Monday May 18 2015, @06:49PM
*giggles* Next you'll probably hit me with the 'Don't forget ISIS is coming to a theater near you!'( or was that neighborhood, I forget)
I surrender.
(Score: 3, Funny) by isostatic on Monday May 18 2015, @07:10PM
Too late
https://www.avid.com/US/about-avid/customer-stories/The-Hobbit-Trilogy-Comes-to-Life-with-Media-Composer-Magic [avid.com]
Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit series is one of the most highly anticipated film trilogies in recent memory .... All production facilities were networked via fiber and connected to an ISIS shared storage system, which provided 128TB of shared storage .... ISIS allowed the team to streamline their workflow and manage a high volume of media without bogging down productivity or interrupting the creative flow.
(Score: 2) by rts008 on Monday May 18 2015, @09:37PM
OMG!!! LMAO!!
I just don't know when to quit, I guess! :-)
Thanks for the genuine belly-laugh that your reply caused.