There’s a (not so) new rule when it comes to your air travel adventures, and this time it has nothing to do with small pocketknives or snow globes.
As it turns out, airlines aren’t really cool with passengers snapping certain photos once aboard, and they've recently started cracking down.
After that totally odd story about a woman who treated the cabin as her in-flight karaoke studio it was time for American Airlines to reiterate their policy about filming and photography on their property.
Just like charging for your first checked bag, there’s rules when it comes to picture taking onboard. We’re paraphrasing here, but it’s only cool to snap personal events; that means airline personnel, other passengers, and aircraft equipment are off limits.
United also got in on the no-pictures party a few months ago, as a member of the flight crew kicked off a blogger for his attempts at some in-flight photojournalism.
All of this is one more harsh reminder that once you’re up in the air you’re playing by the airline’s rules. That means you want to keep your eyes on your own tray table, and let the other passengers film the craziness that might end up the news. After all, you can just check it out when the clip goes viral.
As this is one of those arbitrarily enforced rules, we'll continue to snap photos until airline begin to charge for the privilege.
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