Thread: CyberFlying???
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Old October 22nd, 2011, 06:15 PM posted to rec.travel.air
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tim.... writes:

The reason that you are not allowed to use "electronic devices" during
TO/Landing has got nothing at all to do with their electrical
characteristics.

It's because that is the part of the flight where there is the largest
chance of their being some emergency that requires passengers to react
immediately and they want to be sure that you aren't doing anything which is
going to distract you from performing this immediate action


False. The real reason is that it's against regulations, period. Nobody is
going to continue playing his GameBoy after a crash, and even if someone does,
that's his problem, not the problem of everyone else on board.