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Reading on planes
I have just had a couple of weeks traveling to and within Western Australia for business and pleasure. Loaded up my Kobo with plenty of books as I had a total of 12 hours' flying time, 12 hours' coach travel and 2 hours' train travel.
As soon as I boarded each plane, the cabin staff asked me to turn off my Kobo as it was "a personal electronic device which may interfere with the plane's navigational equipment." It was at least 20 minutes into each flight before I could turn it back on and then I had to turn it off again 20 minutes before we hit the ground!
I'm all for safety on the planes but with some overseas services now allowing texting from planes in flight, I can't quite see the problem with reading - especially a non-wireless device!
Anyone have any thoughts or experiences to share?
Cheers
Tracey
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