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I have yet to see a scientific study that shows no risk. I do know of instances where interference WAS seen. And when certain devices were turned off, the interference went away, and came back when the devices were turned on. Quote:
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04-03-2012, 06:47 AM | #123 |
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As an aside: Perhaps they're happy about it for reasons that have less to do with the electronic interference and more to do with crowd control; passenger control during those highly critical periods of take-off and landing. |
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... when everyone is strapped into their seats, and pretty easy to control?
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04-03-2012, 01:23 PM | #126 |
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Pinecone, where did I say I was an expert? The evidence I suggested is from you, me, and every other flier on Earth surviving our flights for decades. The ones who didn't were not killed by personal electronics. Not sure why you choose to go ad hominem on me rather than addressing that very simple fact.
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And it is not true that everyone has survived flying with all the personal electronic devices for decades. As most of them were not available decades ago. Hard to believe but 20 years ago, people did not carry cell phones, and laptops, and ereaders, and MP3 playes (Walkman maybe), etc, etc, etc. And thousands of people survive texting while driving every day, does that make it safe to do so? |
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04-04-2012, 07:59 AM | #129 |
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I've never seen this happen. But I did sit in front of a kid who had nothing better to do than kick my chair. I wish he would have had a device to play with.
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Nevertheless, it happens. You just don't hear about it unless it is extreme or someone famous is involved.
http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/al...ng-games-33360 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyl...not-the-first/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...seatbelts.html http://www.castanet.net/news/World/7...ane-for-attack Maybe it's not about you. |
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Texting while driving is a bad analogy because many crashes have been attributed to it. It appears we have different thresholds of risk because I see way more than enough air miles with today's devices without crashes attributed to them to feel plenty safe allowing them on planes.
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