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I'm happy with the devices being turned off as most crashes happen during landing and takeoff. I'd rather people were paying attention to their surroundings, p
by rogerbinns 14y ago
I'm happy with the devices being turned off as most crashes happen during landing and takeoff. I'd rather people were paying attention to their surroundings, paying attention to the briefings and not having hard metal objects that would seriously hurt people should the plane suddenly decelerate. But if they agree with me then that is the reason they should give.
- mikeash 14y agoTo at least six digits of accuracy, no airline crashes happen in the US at all these days.
- wonderzombie 14y agoAt least as far as situational awareness concerned, a decent book is just as impairing for many people. Actually, in that case as well as safety, I don't see much difference between a book and a Kindle. But they can't go and whitelist one device without complaints, can they? Sigh.
- rogerbinns 14y agoI'd rather be hit on the back of the head by a book than a kindle should there be a rapid deceleration! But yes the correct answer is to do a cost benefit analysis.
- yason 14y agoAll of the 500-800 passengers aboard a B747 or A380 certainly won't all have their cellphones, laptops, tablets, and other devices completely shut. Ever. Some forget it, some don't pay attention, some deliberately leave theirs on. In the average, there are always few devices on. Multiply that by a few hundred takeoffs and landing on a single busy airport. No planes have crashed so far because of that. IIRC, some aerospace manufacturers have stated that they would allow electronic devices being on if only <insert your local aviation control body here> approved. I much more gladly believe the cell tower explanation than any appeal to security.