Kindle on a plane

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Turin39789

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GodlessAstronomer said:
Last weekend I did some flying, which meant doing some reading. To be a good citizen I turned off the wireless on my Kindle. On the trip home the flight attendant asked my to turn the device off for takeoff. Which is course is ridiculous because a Kindle with wireless off is pretty much always off unless you're turning a page.

I didn't feel like arguing so I just flicked the 'standby' switch, waited until she walked away then went back to my reading. She comes back along the isle and:
Her :mad: : Sir, you'll have to turn that off during takeoff and landing.
Me :\ : It actually is kinda 'off'...
Her :twisted: : I can see stuff on the screen. It's not off. Turn it off.
Me :( : fuck it, it's not worth it. *flick standby switch*
Me :confused: : But there's still stuff on the screen. I don't think there's any way of clearing a Kindle screen.

So I hid the device before she could see the standby screen. WTF lady, I can't use a fucking Kindle during takeoff and landing? Don't you think this silly paranoia about electronic devices has gone a bit far?

Then I was reading the guidelines about what is and isn't allowed during takeoff and landing, and alongside hearing aides and pacemakers is an electric shaver. So I can shave my face during takeoff, but I can't read from an eInk screen? WTF man.
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Same with phones, cannot be put into airplane mode/transmitter shut off for takeoff, have to be turned off entirely. Deal with it.
 
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vi edit

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I always thought that rule was more of an issue of attention rather than electronic interference. They are trying to give safety instructions, get people seated, make final rounds to clean up, ect during those times and somebody with headphones on or fiddling with a laptop are largely oblivious to the outside world.

At least that's my perception.
 
sactoking

sactoking

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I thought it was a Federal regulation that electronic devices had to be off or in the "airplane" setting during takeoff and landing.
 
Blackjack200

Blackjack200

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May 28, 2007
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Perknose said:
You meant alluding.
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I was going to correct him, but even alluding is a terrible word here. Awkward at best, but probably just dead wrong.

The word he should have used was suggest.

So basically what they're suggesting is that terrorists no longer have to blow up planes...

(also took out that comma that was sitting pointlessly in the middle of the sentence)
 
Mike Gayner

Mike Gayner

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Drako said:
http://www.fcc.gov/guides/wireless-devices-airplanes

Found the regulations for you :D
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KaOTiK

KaOTiK

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I remember Mythbuster doing an episode about cell phones on a plane. They concluded that while they couldn't prove that the signals from the phones they tried did anything to the plane they stated that due to so many various signals and combinations that it has a minute possibility of being harmful and they had to leave it open.

Pretty hard to bitch about it imo, just turn it off for a short period of time taking off and landing. At least they aren't saying no you can not have them at all.
 
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