William J. McGee is an aviation journalist and the author of Attention All Passengers: The Airlines’ Dangerous Descent – and How to Reclaim Our Skies, to be published on June 26, 2012. The U.S. Secretary of Transportation in 2010 chose McGee to be the lone consumer advocate on the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee. He also writes a monthly travel column for USAToday.com and has contributed to Condé Nast Traveler, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Money and New York. Prior to becoming a journalist, McGee spent nearly seven years in airline flight operations management; he is an FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher and served in the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary.
iPads on Planes: Be Careful What You Wish For
So are you guilty? Like thousands of others, have you snuck an extra text, Tweet or talk after flight attendants decreed you shut off all electronic devices? Or did you continue playing Words With Friends, like Alec Baldwin? No …
