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My first flight with my Kobo was US - Continental. I wondered if I had to turn it off. The announcement from the flight attendant to "please turn off all electronic devices" proceeded to list "phones, iphones, ipods, mp3 players, netbooks, laptops, (more stuff) ... and Kindles. If it has an ON / OFF switch it must be in the OFF position." Very non-ambiguous. Also unnecessary for my Original Kobo but I comply when I fly.
Having said that, I've been in flights where we had to taxi around for 20-30 minutes in prep for takeoff, and they insisted on having devices off. That seems unnecessary. And other flights that insist on having them off for about 20 minutes during descent. That's a LOT of time NOT READING! I think there is a point that you need to be able to hear emergency instructions, but I wish there were different rules for devices with sound output / headphones. That would be an easy rule change to enforce.
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