Kindle on a plane

[GodlessAstronomer]

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 : 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 : 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.

 

[Joemonkey]

she doesn't make the rules, and would probably get in trouble for not enforcing them

 

[Sea Moose]

wtf is a kindle?

Is that with your jandles in the chilly bin bro?

 

[Blackjack200]

[SamJackson]I'm tired of these motherf****** kindles on my motherf****** plane![/SamJackson]

 

[Aikouka]

There's a lot of odd worry that the electronic field (or whatever it's called) created by a device will hamper with the electronics on the plane :\.

 

[Joemonkey]

wtf is a kindle?

Is that with your jandles in the chilly bin bro?

wow are you trolling or what? you really don't know what a Kindle is?

www.amazon.com

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

wtf is a kindle?

Is that with your jandles in the chilly bin bro?

How can you be on a tech forum and not know what a Kindle is?

 

[basslover1]

Hold down the standby switch for like 8 seconds. Clears the screen completely.

 

[jme5343]

I agree that it's dumb, but for reading during takeoff and landing, treebook>ebook

 

[Drako]

Hold down the standby switch for like 8 seconds. Clears the screen completely.

This, problem solved.

 

[Sea Moose]

wow are you trolling or what? you really don't know what a Kindle is?

www.amazon.com

Never heard of them till now. Looks like a cheapass ipad.

 

[OutHouse]

Yea I agree with you OP. Its fucking retarded, all commercial planes aee shielded from EMP. Im pretty sure kindals ot cell phones will not be a problem

 

[Blackjack200]

Never heard of them till now. Looks like a cheapass ipad.

Or is an ipad an expensive ass kindle? :hmm:

 

[sonicdrummer20]

Same thing happened with me on my flight from NY to ATL. There i was minding my own business listening to my Zune 120 gb with wireless off and the stewardess comes by and say please turn off all electronic devices and wait until we take off. I hit the pause button waited till she walked away then continued listening, same thing happened one more time finally i just shut it off so she would fuck off... Flight attendants can be such bitches. What, you think I want to blow up the plane?

 

[coldmeat]

Same thing happened with me on my flight from NY to ATL. There i was minding my own business listening to my Zune 120 gb with wireless off and the stewardess comes by and say please turn off all electronic devices and wait until we take off. I hit the pause button waited till she walked away then continued listening, same thing happened one more time finally i just shut it off so she would fuck off... Flight attendants can be such bitches. What, you think I want to blow up the plane?

you should have asked her that

 

[coxmaster]

Same thing happened with me on my flight from NY to ATL. There i was minding my own business listening to my Zune 120 gb with wireless off and the stewardess comes by and say please turn off all electronic devices and wait until we take off. I hit the pause button waited till she walked away then continued listening, same thing happened one more time finally i just shut it off so she would fuck off... Flight attendants can be such bitches. What, you think I want to blow up the plane?

Its a federal regulation that you have to turn it off.. They throw you off the plane if you refuse to turn it off (I've seen it happen more than once)

 

[Rudee]

I thought only women use Kindles.

 

[Blackjack200]

ITT we call flight attendants bitches because they enforce federal law in an effort not to get fired.

Bitches!

 

[Alone]

So basically what they're eluding to, is that terrorist no longer have to blow up planes, but rather just check a bag full of 3G cell phones?

The plot thickens.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Get these motherfucking kindles off this motherfucking plane!

 

[dmw16]

I travel a lot and I can't stand people that make a big deal about turning off their electronics. Yeah the risk is probably nonexistent, but it's a federal regulation. On top of that the flight attendant is just doing his or her job and doesn't want to debate it with you. All you are doing is hassling them and delaying the aircraft from pushing back from the gate.

Shut the stupid kindle/zune/iphone/blackberry off and chill for 10 minutes while the aircraft gets to altitude.

 

[Newbian]

Should had simply taken out the actual book you were reading on the kindle and started to read it then and shown her who the boss was.

 

[Sea Moose]

And how did an airplane get in the kitchen anyway? That needs to be investigated!!!!!

 

[jhbball]

nerd alert.

 

[HumblePie]

Again, flight attendant doing her job. The laws are silly and stupid though. Commercial devices are required by the FCC to never send harmful signals and to receive all harmful transmissions. Period.

Still, there is someone who wrote the law with the fear that some electronic device may interfere with the planes electronics and cause a problem. Probably the same person who thought a cell phone used at a gas station could cause a fire when there has never been an incident, it is a physical impossibility, and was proven impossible on myth busters at least.