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Originally Posted by HarryT
Your mobile phone, on its own, would certainly not cause any problem. 400 of them, all transmitting at maximum power, might, however, very well do so. Hence the regulation.
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Perhaps, if all of them were transmitting in phase.
Otherwise, it is just random noise.
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Originally Posted by cmdahler
It all comes down to your view of acceptable risk. Given that there indeed have been incidents in which electronic devices caused issues with aircraft in the past, I for one am glad the rule is there to prevent cavalier attitudes from potentially causing a problem in the future.
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Again, has this been documented, or just assumed?
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Originally Posted by cmdahler
(That, and I can't imagine how awful a flight would be sitting next to someone who was jabbering away on a cell phone the whole flight. The rule is worth it just to prevent that alone, as far as I'm concerned.)
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Well, that's another story. But you can already do that, if you want to pay the piper.
A number of airlines have phones built into the seats that can call the surface. Most people don't pay the price for more than a minute or so.
Of course, if I have my eReader, I can just tune them out anyway.