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Back with me michelle sinnedor of the "new york times" and shane goldmacher of politico. this is not our industry is what he says, doug. is he right? >> by and large he is. any business, you try to be on good terms with your customers. but the airlines have been pushed, as you said, pretty much to the limit. they are flying full flights. theyve cut back the number of flight attendants that are on the plane so that everybody is working that much harder. there is a lot of pressure to get things do...

A dramatic case in point. video overnight showing fists flying between two passengers on an al nippon flight from tokyo to los angeles. the passenger who took the video tells nbc news the man in the red yelled "you think im crazy? the government is crazy" before leaving the plane. the ceo of united airlines testifying after a doctor was dragged off an overbooked flight last month. >> we had a horrible failure three weeks ago. it is not this company and its not this industry. we will work incredi...

Perhaps, whether you can keep it on during takeoff and landing. a group including electronic device makers and the flight attendants union is studying the issue and plans to release their findings by july. for missouri senator claire mccaskill, though, things could move a little faster. shes drafting legislation of her own to speed up the process. however, theres one group questioning the use of electronic devices. the national association of airline passengers. doug kid is the executive directo...

The aircraft systems are built to take a certain amount of interference in the normal course of events. but its one thing to have one device. its another thing to have a couple hundred. so, you know, whats happening, of course, is weve got a moving target. new planes are being built and put in service every day and the electronics on these planes are getting better and better and better. but at the same time, new consumer products are being brought to market every day. now, its the obligation of...