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Originally Posted by MovieBird
More than one thread on this topic in the past has devolved into baseless flaming because some people intrinsically believe that government rules are always for a reason. In other words, many have accused those who ignore stupid rules as irresponsibly trying to bring down aircraft.
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The reason for those accusations are that researchers had not sufficiently concluded that there was little or no risk posed. Those who chose to ignore the rules were potentially putting other peoples lives at risk, not just their own.
Now as it happens, I don't think devices in airplane mode pose any risk to an plane, but since I'm not an authority on the matter nor expert in the field, I will abide by the rules put in place for the safety of everyone onboard. If I'm on a private plane, well, then it's me at risk and my choice to ignore rules.
That line of discussion has been done to death in many threads though.
All that said, I think it's good news that devices can be used during take off and landing. I just hope people do continue to turn off devices that do transmit such as mobiles until research shows they're safe or not.