February 2
Are Moving Maps A Thing of the Past?
I was on a flight from Asia to the Middle East recently and was surprised to see that the in-flight moving map was unavailable. I asked the flight attnednat if there was a technical problem with the map as all the other entertainment was working properly. The FA tinkered with the monitor to no avail and she told me she would ask another flight attendant. The purser came to my seat and let me know that there was a new security directive in the United States that said moving maps were not allowed to be showed. She said this rule only applies to flights to the US and the aircraft we were on mainly flies to the United States. She said it is either too large of a burden or too costly to turn the map on and off dependent upon what country the aircraft is in.
This is dissapointing if you really enjoy flying. The map lets you know where you are, what route you are taking and the overall progress of the flight. Is this an effective security measure? Let’s hope. Is it enforced consitently? Hardly.
I guess US authorities (and maybe others) don’t want the scum of the earth to know the most opportune time to blow up a plane filled with innocent civilians, representing numerous creeds, hailing from countries across the globe. Let me know how hell is boys.
Has anyone else experinced “map absence?”
