Airline Photography Policies: This was an article in today's Washington Post regarding the subject.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

This was an article in today's Washington Post regarding the subject.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/airlines-arent-clear-about-their-photography-policies/2015/05/07/8f6c6416-f01c-11e4-a55f-38924fca94f9_story.html?hpid=z4

chazz4623 Loc: Prairieville, La

Good to know. Its easy to see their point of view, asking before snapping is a reasonable and smart way to stay on your flight.

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

joehel2 wrote:

This was an article in today's Washington Post regarding the subject.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/airlines-arent-clear-about-their-photography-policies/2015/05/07/8f6c6416-f01c-11e4-a55f-38924fca94f9_story.html?hpid=z4

Just another reason to drive.

Jim_In_Plymouth Loc: Plymouth MN

Arash Shirazi.... Do you think his ethnic background had anything to do with it?

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Jim_In_Plymouth wrote:

Arash Shirazi.... Do you think his ethnic background had anything to do with it?

Probably.

mcveed Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)

If American Airlines is concerned about photography on or of their aircraft they should formulate a policy and publish it, and then enforce it. Their ad hoc "crew discretion" policy is no policy at all. What percentage of the activity on board an aircraft or in the terminal is actually observed by a member of the crew? To have a "policy" that is unpublished and up to the discretion of a crew member who sees only a small percentage of the potential violators, it stupidity. If they wish to restrict photography they should publish this in their ticket info and place signs in the appropriate locations, or shut up.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Jim_In_Plymouth wrote:

Arash Shirazi.... Do you think his ethnic background had anything to do with it?

That is what I was thinking.

MikeMck Loc: Southern Maryland on the Bay

jethro779 wrote:

Just another reason to drive.

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Hacksaw Loc: Pacific Northwest

I think the moral of the story is if an aircrew member asks you to do something in or near the aircraft, you should do it. For example, if they tell you to turn off your phone and you refuse or even delay, you're off the flight. If they even think a passenger may be difficult to deal with, they're off the flight. They have absolute authority on the aircraft and they want to ensure everyone's (including their own) safety.

Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, Colorado

jethro779 wrote:

Just another reason to drive.

Many more photo opportunities as well when driving.

Collie lover Loc: St. Louis, MO

joehel2 wrote:

This was an article in today's Washington Post regarding the subject.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/airlines-arent-clear-about-their-photography-policies/2015/05/07/8f6c6416-f01c-11e4-a55f-38924fca94f9_story.html?hpid=z4

I've taken photos while on a plane and sitting by a window. I've taken pictures of interesting things on the ground as I'm taking off or landing. I've taken pictures of clouds. I've gotten some very interesting pictures when flying above the clouds. I also took pictures of airport lights as we were coming into land. It shows the engine and the lights of the airport.

When traveling, I take my Canon 60D, but it's in the overhead bin. I carry a Canon PowerShot S95 in my purse and that's what I use to take pictures while on a place. It's small enough to not call attention to me taking pictures and I get nice pictures.

Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area

Asking is always good. I now have a photo of a Singapore Airlines flight attendant, and one of me with her, taken by another attendant.

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Jakebrake wrote:

Many more photo opportunities as well when driving.

So true!!!

mrova Loc: Chesterfield, VA

Jakebrake wrote:

Many more photo opportunities as well when driving.

I don't know Jakebrake. It would take some digging to find my photos, but flying back from Haiti last summer on a really big AA plane, I was on the right side by the window when I noticed the commotion on the other side of the plane about halfway through the flight back to Miami.

Something was dripping from above onto the passengers. Caused quite a disturbance. The flight attendant girls didn't know what to do, and holding towels up there wasn't helping. They went and got the co-pilot (I guess) and a flight engineer (I guess) and they investigated and looked in the bin above to no avail. Finally, the co-pilot whispered something in the flight attendant's ear, and she ran to the back of the plane.

She ran back to the drip with something in her hand and handed it over to the co-pilot and he immediately put a Kotex on the leak and tied it somehow in place.

I have never heard so much laughter on a flight, and NEVER seen so many photographs taken at one time. I can guarantee you - at least for that moment - there was NO photography policy in place!

Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, Colorado

mrova wrote:

I don't know Jakebrake. It would take some diggin... (show quote)

That's called being at the right place at the right time. The normal airline flight isn't normally that exciting. :)