No. It is because the FAA bans the use of any electronic devices under 10,000 feet that produce electromagnetic interference with aircraft radios and electrical and electronic systems. And because the airlines aren't going to spend money testing the electromagnetic interference properties of every electronic device ,…

You know that GM would've built a 65 foot Impala if they could have gotten away with it.

I see a difference between flying over a protest and running a concentration camp

Did they open fire on the crowds? No? Then your comment has no bearing. And if they brought the plane down IN THE CROWDS many of people would have died.

I seriously fail to see how flying a helicopter over a peaceful protest is the same as forcing people into concentration camps at gunpoint.

Being told to go monitor a protest is not an unlawful order. The pilots cannot and should not refuse to do it.

The pilot is Kevin Spacey? Long lost twin at least.

I HAVE OF LATE — BUT WHEREFORE I KNOW NOT — LOST ALL MY MIRTH, FOREGONE ALL CUSTOM OF EXERCISES; AND INDEED IT GOES SO HEAVILY WITH MY DISPOSITION THAT THIS GOODLY FRAME, THE EARTH, SEEMS TO ME A STERILE PROMONTORY, THIS MOST EXCELLENT CANOPY, THE AIR, LOOK YOU, THIS BRAVE O'ERHANGING FIRMAMENT, THIS MAJESTICAL ROOF…

"And do you suppose your neighbors who may have died were insufficiently thankful to Him and were denied His tender mercy as a consequence of their lack of faith?"

Because in america there in these.