I flew home from Cancun on Saturday via Atlanta. You were not allowed to have anything in your lap for the last hour of flight time, and no passengers were allowed to leave their seats for any reason over that last hour. A ridiculous rule, but what choice to we have but to follow it? I was especially incensed, as my girlfriend had fractured her ankle in Cancun and had just had surgery, and they made her give up her blanket. The good news is that this morning's New York Times reported that airline captains now have the discretion of whether or not to restrict movement in the cabin. They have fully relaxed the "nothing in your lap" rules, and that's a good thing.
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