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Twenty-six percent of consumers identified keeping kids entertained...

Twenty-six percent of consumers identified keeping kids entertained as the top benefit of the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to allow use of portable electronic devices during all aspects of flight, a Dish Network survey found. The FAA announced the rule…

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change recently (CD Nov 1 p1). More than 10 percent of the respondents claimed to have separation anxiety when forced to turn off their devices, Dish said in a news release (http://bit.ly/1gx56xs). Fifty-six percent of respondents said that the rule change will affect airline choice, Dish said. The survey also revealed that passengers are eager for more time to catch up on email and read books, it said. It said about 14 percent “admitted that they usually forgot to turn off their device, even before the ruling.” The survey was done by Research+Data Insights and it was taken by 744 adult air travelers, Dish said.