If you’ve flown, you know the rule. All electronic devices must be turned off for take-off and landing. Supposedly, all laptops, iPods and Game Boys must be properly stowed to keep you safe. I’m not buying it.
Every flight, I’m ordered to remove my headphones, but I sneak them back on. Not one of my flights has crashed. If there’s one example of an electronic device interfering with a plane’s navigation, the airlines haven’t told us about it.
Laptops, I understand. They require the oh so dangerous tray table, which must be in the upright and locked position. But mp3 players? A book is more dangerous. Paper cuts hurt.
Do they need my full attention while they demo the proper use of a seat belt? Such a complicated contraption would be impossible to master without thorough instruction.
Maybe it’s terrorism. But if flights are at risk of being wirelessly controlled by a terrorist passenger’s electronic device, wouldn’t they be banned for the entire flight? They're not because there's no threat.
This ban is a farce. Completely purposeless. Airlines, quit your ridiculous policy of having flight attendants order me to remove my headphones before take-off and landing.
Until next week,
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Jonathan Rozen
Perhaps our fearless blogger should do some research.... http://www.slate.com/id/2215050/
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Just more fear mongering. Electronics "emit energy at a frequency that could, possibly, intefere with the plane's electronics." How about one example where that actually happened?
ReplyDeleteI like how that article glosses over the exceptions for hearing aids and pacemakers. Somehow their energy isn't a problem. It's all a sham.