Using ebook readers on aeroplanes?

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by HamsterRage

So which is the bigger risk? That someone's Nintendo DS is going to crash the plane on takeoff, or that someone packs something really dangerous

Like what?

[DJHARKAVY]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

Like what?

Like putting an extra 0.02 oz of shampoo into their bottle...

[HamsterRage]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

Like what?

Beats me. Maybe they accept a sealed package from someone they hardly know to take somewhere and put it in their checked baggage and don't tell anyone when they check in. I mean, that's obviously a silly rule. Right?

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by Robertb

Dear Kindlekitten:

Trying not to think too hard about this... how does breast size affect the seat belt other than adding length to the belt? Being a guy, I love your stance of freedom and applaud it... but this mental picture does not seem to come into focus.

!

nice jab.

try this, and try not to think real hard. go get a canteloupe put it into your shirt. pull the seat belt across it. start backing up. if it is a well fitting caneloupe, you will notice as you tighten your left peck as you look over your left shoulder to clear your rear left that the seat belt rides up towards your neck, and the upper part that attaches to the frame of the car blocks your eyes. I've had these puppies for a long time. I'm a trained professional with them. don't try it without supervision `

[afa]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

Like what?

Originally Posted by DJHARKAVY

Like putting an extra 0.02 oz of shampoo into their bottle...

Nice one.

[Soph94]

Wow I wasn't expecting quite such a big response to my initial question!
I actually dug up this info document from CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority, for non-Aussies), a little out of date now but still quite interesting.

http://www.casa.gov.au/newrules/part.../ac091-050.pdf

Apparently the degree of interference also has a fair bit to do with the location of the device inside the plane, the variability of the signal and what the plane's electronic systems are doing at the time.

Electronic watches have been tested and found to be safe, but others including electronic games have been shown to interfere with navigation.

Methinks I'll be good and turn my ereader off, annoying as it is.

[Soph94]

And another link, from Flight Safety Magazine, with examples...

http://www.casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_asset...003/sep/33.pdf

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by Soph94

Wow I wasn't expecting quite such a big response to my initial question!
I actually dug up this info document from CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority, for non-Aussies), a little out of date now but still quite interesting.

http://www.casa.gov.au/newrules/part.../ac091-050.pdf

Apparently the degree of interference also has a fair bit to do with the location of the device inside the plane, the variability of the signal and what the plane's electronic systems are doing at the time.

Electronic watches have been tested and found to be safe, but others including electronic games have been shown to interfere with navigation.

Methinks I'll be good and turn my ereader off, annoying as it is.

I didn't turn it off. As a matter of fact, I didn't even take it out of my bag (and it was unlocked). Didn't think about it until we landed. (I prefer watching outside when we're flying in daylight across the continent )

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

it is a law to wear a seatbelt while driving at all times. not disputed. I am fairly large busted, and trying to back up while wearing a seatbelt is actually dangerous as when I look to my left, the seatbelt rides up and obscures my vision. I ALWAYS back up without my seatbelt on.

I put it underneath my left arm... (instead of over my left shoulder). That way, it can't ride up, as it will be stuck in my armpit...

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I put it underneath my left arm... (instead of over my left shoulder). That way, it can't ride up, as it will be stuck in my armpit...

that's an option, but then I forget about moving it back up. I just leave it unbuckled until I am going forward. then the car bitches at me to fix it

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

that's an option, but then I forget about moving it back up. I just leave it unbuckled until I am going forward. then the car bitches at me to fix it

Well, my car doesn't, and somehow, I feel "naked" without my seatbelt on correctly (I'll even put it on when I back out of my driveway to park the car in front of the house...)

[murraypaul]

Originally Posted by HarryT

There's a pretty fundamental problems with that, though, which is that an increasing number of consumer electronic devices do contain a radio transmitter. Kindle, Nook, iPad 3G, iRex DR800SG, etc etc.

Will people realise that a "you must turn off your mobile phone" regulation also applies to such devices?

"Devices which have a flight-safe mode must have it activated now"

Some form of that announcement seems pretty standard on the flights I've been on.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by murraypaul

"Devices which have a flight-safe mode must have it activated now"

Some form of that announcement seems pretty standard on the flights I've been on.

Yes, that's perfectly true. What I'm wondering is whether people will understand that it applies to their readers, or will think that it's only mobile (cell) phones that need to be turned off?

[GeoffC]

mmm

mobile (cell) phones 'should' be switched off in hospitals [so ours keep telling us] - that also apply, one wonders, to readers ?

[HarryT]

I would certainly have thought that one should turn off the radio of a reader (for those which have them) in a hospital.