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Originally Posted by MovieBird
I happen to work as an aerospace engineer, albeit on the power side. In an academic setting, I've also worked through several theoretical control system designs, to include inertial navigation.
I don't know as much as some, but I do have a bit of a background in this. I cannot unequivocaly state that x-type of devices cannot possibly cause a problem. I do find it extremely hard to fathom how a gameboy, or other single purposed but wifi enabled device could cause a problem.
I can also state, unequivocally, that my ereader, which does not have wifi or cellular capabilities, cannot possibly cause harm to an airplane's electrical systems.
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It doesn't take an aerospace engineer to realize that rules like that are to most efficiently manage a large set of unknowns, not to optimally handle each individual case. At some point they may determine that the rule is not needed and change it, but that does not mean it was stupid of them to err on the side of efficiency and safety up to that point.
By the way, by "endanger everyone" I didn't necessarily mean physically endanger by making a plane fall out of the sky, I meant put us danger of higher costs or longer delays.