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Originally Posted by Kevin527
Hi
Absurdly, airlines in the U.S. that I travel on frequently all require that e-books be completely turned off for 10 minutes or so after takeoff and also prior to landing. When they can be turned on again is largely at the discretion of the pilot, who signals the crew that they can announce that electronic devices can be turned on or must be shut off. This makes no sense to me because any functions that could interfere with airplane navigation can be disabled on the iPad and Kindle, the devices I've used, and still continue to be used for reading, but e-book readers are considered the same as i-Pods, computers, etc: "anything with an on/off switch" which is how crew members describe everything that must be turned off. My personal soution is to also have a magazine or something else with me to read during the times they requrie us to turn readers off.
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Last I took plane, that was closer to 20-30 minutes than 10...
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Notice that your laptop with Wifi is prohibited even if you have the WiFi off. This goes for readers too. I have colored the text above as it appeared in the in-flight magazine.
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That is why there is a "plane mode" on my cellphone, a switch on my laptop. DS and PMP can deactivate wifi...
I'll be going to japan, there is just no way to sped such a long time without being able to use anything.
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What? They don't offer any information?
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No, that don't offer information. They say "don't do that" , but gives no actual reason on the why.