Well here we go. Apparently, the management of TWA, Delta, and other airlines who already have bans on laptops and other electronic devices in the cockpit can’t properly enforce their own policy; so Congress, America’s police force, is considering making it against the law. Yes folks, the two Northwest pilots who are now out of work and unlicensed would also be criminals if the legislation goes through.

In response to that incident, members of the Senate and House are actively considering legislation which would make it illegal for pilots to have any consumer electronics device in active use while they are flying a commercial plane. In a statement, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), chairman of the aviation subcommittee, told the press: “We now understand from this flight at least that this can happen and there ought to be a more clear understanding by everyone in the cockpit that there is a national standard that would prohibit this and that they need to take it seriously.”

I wasn’t aware this was such a national catastrophe; they overshot the runway by 150 miles, they turned around, no one got hurt, right? Did I miss something?

But, like steroids in baseball, the college football playoff system, executive pay, and many more private business issues, Congress thinks we’re all morons and can’t manage ourselves without them. I guess next Congress will debate banning large backyard balloons.

From DailyFinance