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Originally Posted by din155
Wow..So, how did they decide to ban using cellphones while take off or landing in the first place? Finger in air I guess..
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It was probably an extension of the old laptop ban, which as I said seems to have been based on junk science. Five or six flights crashed, and the pilots found out after the fact that people had laptops turned on. What they didn't say was how many successful flights there were with active laptops before the ban- probably hundreds if not thousands.
Trouble is, junk science is always more believable than the real thing. Look at most states' arson investigations and the whole anti-vaccination movement. Both have been debunked but people continue to believe them.