Thread: Take-off, Landing, and Your Ereader -- A Poll
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Old 04-09-2012, 09:59 PM   #217
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Originally Posted by ProfCrash View Post
We will all watch the footage of you being handcuffed at the airport because you could not grasp the concept that it really is a minor thing and not worth all the huffing and puffing.
No you won't despite the malicious glee that would bring you it seems. And you won't because as I have said if pressed by a flight attendant that is going to make a "federal case" out of it I will pretend to turn it off and put it away...but it will still be on and not causing the least bit of problem for anyone's safety. However, no passenger will command me to do anything. In addition I am not stating I am part of some great revolution. I am taking personal steps to defy what I know to be a stupid rule and to defy those who try to force me to blindly comply. And I succeed at that WITHOUT going to prison.

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So what you're saying, if I understand you correctly, is that although Boeing state, in the article that Joe linked to, that there have been dozens of documented cases of handheld devices interfering with aircraft systems, that you actually know better than Boeing; that you are better qualified than Boeing are to decide what you should or shouldn't be using on an aircraft. Is that a fair summary of your position?
Moviebird addressed this above quite well.

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Originally Posted by HistoryWes View Post
Plane travel today is one step away from traveling by cattle car.
When people can't stay in "their space" it IS very uncomfortable. When I fly I am quiet, polite and don't push myself into other's harmless affairs or space. Things are too close together to do so and not piss people off. I don't enjoy hearing a baby cry on a flight for example...but I don't presume to tell the parents to "shut that damn kid up" as I have heard others do. It is just a baby and not doing it to annoy me. Stay out of my affairs...and I will do the same unless you need help. If someone is attacked I will defend them. If someone needs medical assistance I will provide it. If someone needs out to go to the loo I will gladly move because I know bladders don't cooperate with us always. Those are reasonable things. Demanding someone else turn off their phone or ereader is not and I would never do such a silly thing.
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