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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom
My husband is a pilot (he has a commercial license but doesn't fly commercially) and he says all that turning off electrical devices is bunk.
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Not entirely true - for mobile phones, especially. The way that a mobile phone works is that, if it finds that it hasn't got a signal, it increases the power of its radio transmitter until it either finds one, or it hits maximum power. That's why, if you go to an area without mobile coverage, your phone will drain its battery in no time flat. Imagine a 747 with 500 mobile phones, all transmitting at maximum power to find a network signal. That truly could cause havoc with the aircraft's electronic systems