> flicking a switch is much easier than remembering the syntax for rfkill. If you have to drop to a console prompt and run rfkill in order to disable your wifi

> flicking a switch is much easier than remembering the syntax for rfkill. If you have to drop to a console prompt and run rfkill in order to disable your wifi... then the flight attendant will have no idea whether your wifi is enabled or not. He or she WON'T gawk with impressed amazement that you're a Linux user. For that matter, neither will anyone here.