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Originally Posted by afa
Let me start be re-iterating what I said before - I, personally, do not believe that using cellphones/e-readers will cause any problems. It's just a precaution, most probably an unnecessary precaution, but also one that doesn't cause any problem except minor inconvenience. In fact, I would argue it doesn't even cause that.
But I have to say... Mythbusters? Really? That's who we're going to cite as a reliable source of information? Tell me, did they blow up the cockpit at the end, too? I love it when they do that...
I think the question of why the rule exist has been addressed quite well by Shaggy. Enough with this "Security Theatre" nonsense.
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If it is not theater, then all a terrorist organization has to do is buy cell phones and turn them on during take-off or landing... Eventually they will bring a plane down...
It is the rules that we are required to follow, and for the main part, we follow them.
But the big problem with rules that go against common sense, especially because something 'might' happen is that people start to think that all the rules are stupid and they are more likely to ignore airline rules in general.