Originally Posted by
b1lanc
Is this SOP only relevant to European ops? I've never experienced that in US.
Would not be allowed in the US. The crew would make an announcement that they needed the devices turned off and offer some explanation. That explanation would interpreted as the crew can not see, the instruments were not working and life in the cockpit was in a crisis more.
Then some on board club house lawyer would leap up and claim it was discriminatory, it was against their rights, they had an important call to make or mail to send . Others would cry out about their stress and anxiety levels, how they feared they were going to die and had written loved ones their final letters.