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I just wish flight attendants would stop making me turn it off for takeoff and landing.
by jemfinch 16y ago
I just wish flight attendants would stop making me turn it off for takeoff and landing.
- MichaelSalib 16y agoYeah, but remember, your Kindle is a much bigger threat to the navigation system than the 30 or 40 cell phones in people's pockets that they forgot to turn off. Plus, reading a Kindle might distract you in an emergency, which is why they don't let anyone read books or magazines during takeoff and landing either.
- lallysingh 16y agoI was under the impression that the cell phone shutoff was to prevent the towers from freaking out about dozens of phones coming in & out of range at 650mph+.
- PidGin128 16y agoI was under the impression that towers had some type of signal baffle to prevent reception from devices a certain number of degrees from the horizon. I have no merit or citation to exert with this claim.
- jemfinch 16y agoI've heard that claim but I'm unsure why airlines would inconvenience their customers for cell providers.
- aik 16y agoI have never been told to put down my book or magazine during takeoff or landing, or ever heard an attendant ask anyone else to.
- MichaelSalib 16y agoNeither have I. That's why the flight attendants insisting that I have to put away my Kindle during takeoff and landing "to make sure I'm not distracted during these safety-critical times" is so absurd.
- proee 16y agoYou should make a fake book cover that you can slide your kindle into. If you hide the bezel and only show the e-ink screen up flush with a page-cutout it just might work! good luck!