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Curious - why are people so damn resistant to turning off their devices for takeoff and landing, given the chance it _might_ be safer? The argument is similar

Curious - why are people so damn resistant to turning off their devices for takeoff and landing, given the chance it _might_ be safer? The argument is similar to subjecting yourself to radiation in the off chance that it (scanner) might detect yourself as a terrorist.

bsg75 13y ago
And you are given an option to skip the scanner, in trade for a fondling. Also this is not a security issue (one of persons with malicious intent). It is a safety issue, one of incompletely studied electronic effects.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
  Well, no, you're wrong about that. If there really were anything other than superstition supporting the thesis that personal electronics could realistically and predictably have a deleterious effect on avionics, then that would indeed be a security issue. >incompletely studied electronic effects. Are you an electrical engineer, or similarly educated in RF communications, and thus able to determine whether the EMI testing that's been done is incomplete?
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- BrianEatWorld 13y ago
  Refusal to turn off electronics during takeoff and landing - the most passive aggressive form of terrorism ever.