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FAA Forms Committee to Study Portable Electronic Devices
Australian low-cost carrier Jetstar rents Apple iPads to passengers flying longer than two hours. The content includes movies, music, games and electronic books. (Photo: Jetstar)
Australian low-cost carrier Jetstar rents Apple iPads to passengers flying longer than two hours. The content includes movies, music, games and electronic books. (Photo: Jetstar)

The U.S. FAA has formed an aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) to make recommendations by next summer on safely allowing the use of portable electronic devices (PEDs) in flight. The committee will meet as in-flight entertainment and consumer electronics associations turn up the pressure to ease current restrictions on PEDs with new research on airline passenger demand.