Originally Posted by Std Deviation

As a psyche grad my question is, "is being on the phone (everywhere) so ubiquitous now that it's considered normal," or, "is this just renegade behavior?" Don't know. Not just us. Train operators, nuclear power, etc. Had a repo in a van from JFK to EWR and the driver never put down his phone (1 hour 30 minutes). Non stop talking. Not a hands free phone.

I'm not anti phone. I wrote a piece and did road shows for the NBAA on managing vigilance, complacency, boredom, and distraction in which I argued - with data to back it up - that pilots should be allowed to use phones during certain segments outside of sterile. Not a popular opinion with FAA/NTSB.