Oh good for you !!

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Larry in AZ wrote:

Waiving the right to remain silent, Mxsmanic said:

paddy_nyr writes:

A 35 year old "well dressed businessman" was arrested yesterday when
he
refused to turn off his laptop for the final approach of his Qantas
flight. The passenger was on board flight QF418 from Melbourne to
Sydney and apparently found whatever he was doing on his laptop to be
more important than listening to flight attendant requests.

Upon landing, all passengers were told to stay seated while the
Australian counter terrorist first response force arrived, taking the
man into custody.

Witnesses report seeing the man being interrogated by 6 armed police
officers in the airport terminal, but he was later released with no
charges filed against him.

The only statement Qantas made, was that a male passenger had failed
to
comply with a captain's directive. Let this be a lesson to everyone;
listen to the flight attendant, and turn off your laptop when you are
told to. There may be no evidence to confirm that a laptop will
interfere with flight controls, but a 4 pound laptop can become a
cabin
projectile when the aircraft touches down.

That's certainly true, but a laptop will still be a cabin projectile
even when it is turned off, unless it is also stowed properly (and how
many passengers do that?).

In my experience, nearly everyone. But there's always a fool
somewhere...

I certainly stow my laptop safely away when the cabin crew asks
passengers to do that.