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Originally Posted by ChrisC333
Come on - get real. Flight staff can't rely on every passenger being either fully informed about their toys, or being responsible either. Some folks don't know or care what the full story is, or may even be genuinely mistaken. There is a large range of electronic devices that can be taken on a plane, and neither the staff nor the owners can be 100% relied on to know exactly which may cause a problem under which settings or circumstances. Most won't cause trouble, but it may only take one person to get it wrong.
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According to
Mythbusters, handheld electronics, including cell phones, do not affect the instrumentation in the least.
Think about it... Do you really think that the airplane navigation systems will be affected by the small power output of even a hundred cell phones?