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Originally Posted by anamardoll
I would be much more in favor of the rule if it were actually limited to actual takeoffs, not just to time spent sitting on the runway.
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There are other rules/politics at play here that have nothing to do with the electronics rule. Because of those unrelated issues, "takeoff" is considered to be happening from the time the plane pulls away from the gate to after it's in the air. That's why if you taxi away from the gate and then sit on the tarmac for an hour, the flight still counts as leaving "on time".