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- On Aug. 31, the Federal Aviation Administration requested public comment on its longstanding policy of prohibiting the use of personal electronics during takeoffs and landings. The restrictions date back to 1991 and were motivated in part by anecdotal reports from pilots and flight crews that electronic devices affected an airliner's navigation equipment or disrupted communication between the cockpit and the ground. Over the years, however, Boeing has been unable to duplicate these problems, and the FAA can only say that the devices' radio signals "may" interfere with flight operations.
DutchmanDavid · 4264 days ago · link ·
I always wondered if the "no phones during the take off or we'll DIE"-rule was indeed based on evidence. I guess not :/ This is , in my opinion, a rather disturbing finding. This makes me wonder why and how this has been flying under the "skeptics radar" for so long.
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I think that's because these days it's a pretty minor transgression. What about carrying liquids on a plane, and the rest of the "security theater"? See, for example: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/03/harms_of_post-...