Originally Posted by yamahas3

So if this passes, how long until theres a major crash where hundreds of people die and the key to preventing it from happening again is on the CVR.... which is found to have been deactivated by the pilots? I wonder if congress has thought of that one yet. Way to make aviation less safe, lawmakers!

In a pure sense, deactivating CVRs and nationwide slowdowns is a lot more "unprofessional" than 2 idiots having one isolated incident flying past an airport on their laptops. Kind of funny that a "pilot professionalism act" would directly cause a decrease in professionalism. (Not that I'm against it)