J. Belanger

Document ID: FAA-2012-0929-0017
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
Received Date: January 18 2013, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Date Posted: January 18 2013, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: January 14 2013, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: March 17 2013, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 1jx-836e-2ck2
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Prohibition on Personal Use of Electronic Devices on the Flight Deck

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As a frequent traveler, I support these changes. It is not unreasonable to think that flight crew, who often have demanding schedules and disrupted sleep patterns, might be distracted by engaging in behaviors that do not directly correlate to the operation of the aircraft. The FAA has numerous examples where these behaviors resulted in moments or in some cases, extended periods of distraction and those occasions pose an increased risk of danger, however slight, to the aircraft and its passengers just it would in any other operating vehicle.