Airlines’ Announcements about Electronic Devices to Change
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Airline passengers flying within the U.S.will soon be able to use most portable electronic devices at all flight levels. An audio version of this story
The change comes after the F.A.A Thursday announced it’s lifting its 32 year-old ban on the use of electronics below 10,000 feet.
And few are happier than United flight attendant Dimitri Chung.
“It’s a big burden because people don’t listen,” he said of constantly Thursday between flights at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. “You’d have to repeat it five times or more before they’d listen, or you’d have to stand directly above them before they would do anything.”
Chung says not having to pester passengers will be a relief, although he says United hasn’t told its flight crew when that might happen.
Meanwhile, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines says it’s ready. All of its planes have completed so-called tolerance testing, according to a Delta press release.
Delta says once approved, it will immediately allow customers to use their devices at all flight levels.
Delta and JetBlue were the only carriers Thursday to submit plans to the FAA.
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