Originally Posted by
Crown
Point is, do not be stupid up there. It's one thing to read "company material" or even use your disconnected phone to catch up on company material. But if anything gets dorked up, you can bet the FAA and your company will ask for your phone immediately to make sure you weren't on the WiFi.
https://qz.com/233165/the-pilots-of-...es-of-the-air/
Anyone can “ask” for anything but the ONLY situation in which I’ll hand anything over is if it’s done by a court order. And then only after consulting with an attorney!!
In the meantime….shut the front door…and don’t ever ever answer any Qs the FAA, NTSB, or company ask without counsel.
Y’all have indeed watched that video “Don’t talk to the police”, righttt?? Same
principle applies here.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE
Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Yes. Same rules as using your cell phone.
The rule wasn't written with cameras in mind, that was collateral damage, they were trying to account for texting, online activity, etc. Politicians got involved after a NW crew overflew their destination at FL350 while sleeping, and blamed it on being distracted by a laptop.
Or kindles for that matter... technically it's OK to read a paperback but not a kindle.
Notwithstanding my advice above, the NWA crew would have been better off saying they fell asleep. This was only 6 months after the Colgan accident when fatigue was a red hot topic. Of course we are stuck with a more restrictive rule than simply sterile below 10 because they opened their mouth instead of shutting up and lawyering up.