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Mon May 14, 2012, 04:38 PM

May 2012

in the last few years that i have heard a phone on a plane ring while on approach...even from the luggage compartments. which simply means, the thing has been on the whole damned flight...so all the warnings about phones and iPad and Blackberries and the like fucking with the systems on the aircraft...yeah, bullshit.

if there was any danger at ALL they would not let people carry them on the plane. you simply can't rely on a passenger to turn it off. imagine how easy it would be for a terrorist to down a plane if there were any danger...

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FAA warns man who took video of bird strike with iPad [View all] n2doc May 2012 OP

OMFG! NOT into his "Permanent Record! BiggJawn May 2012 #1

I haven't flown for years SoutherDem May 2012 #2

Airplane mode is for when you're at cruising altitutde jeff47 May 2012 #3

Good to know. n/t SoutherDem May 2012 #4

if personal electronics had the potential to screw with a plane.. frylock May 2012 #5

Don't. Give. Them. IDEAS!!! Zalatix May 2012 #6

Just repeating the FAA's logic. Not endorsing it. jeff47 May 2012 #7

+1 nt Javaman May 2012 #8

Sounds like defective avionics... backscatter712 May 2012 #9

And just who would be paying for this? Angleae May 2012 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Angleae May 2012 #12

They do. Every single cable in a plane is insulated. joshcryer May 2012 #14

"...after which, the record will be expunged." Gold Metal Flake May 2012 #10

i don't know how many times ProdigalJunkMail May 2012 #11