ohhleary:

The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that airlines whose flight attendants had been telling passengers that no personal items of any kind could be placed in seatback pockets were “following our guidance, if they are enforcing this with travelers.”

The agency’s response came after numerous inquiries following a flight I made from Denver to Tucson operated by SkyWest Airlines, on which the flight attendant announced before takeoff that, as a safety measure, nothing could be placed in seatback storage pockets — no eyeglasses, no ticket stubs, no iPods or bottles of water or magazines.

Another mindless FAA regulation that will do absolutely nothing to improve passenger safety, and will do nothing but piss people off… just like the three-ounce rule.

I had put my MacBook into this seatback pocket on a Delta flight and was sternely told I had to take it out, as if everyone had heard about this rule.