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Originally Posted by HarryT
The issue is that if you consider it acceptable for people to ignore this law because they think that they know better than the law, you're opening the door to those people who have devices which really MAY be harmful to also ignore the law. Are you willing to stake your life on the fact that every device that someone brings on board an aircraft is harmless? You may be. I'm not.
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Then Kindles should be banned from the carry-on since they can't be turned off. The reason why they aren't banned is because they are harmless.
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Originally Posted by JoeD
Also, as extra info on the 2003 crash, as the above quote makes it sound like the pilot was on the phone at the time of the crash rather than flying the plane, he wasn't but the phone was still active.
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The report is pretty clear on the fact that the pilot was on the phone at the time of the crash rather than flying the plane:
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The way in which the pilot set up and conducted the instrument approach was conducive to a high workload at best, and potential overload and distraction if any complicating factor arose.
The significant events were:
• the high speed descent leading into the unstabilised approach
• the late reversion from autopilot to hand-flying, with little time to settle in before intercepting the ILS approach
• not leaving the autopilot engaged and not selecting it for a coupled approach, and
• his cellphone call, initiated just before commencing the approach.
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I'm not sure how you managed to misinterpret the fact that he made the call as he was landing.