Nick Bilton of the NY Times calls for a change in the F.A.A. regulation that prohibits the use of electronic devices during take-off and landing:
According to the F.A.A., 712 million passengers flew within the United States in 2010. Let’s assume that just 0.01 percent of those passengers — about two people per Boeing 737, a conservative number — left a cellphone, e-reader or laptop turned on during takeoff or landing. That would mean seven million people on 11 million flights endangered the lives of their fellow passengers.