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Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile
Author: Sylvia ElseSylvia Else Date: Sep 11, 2008 01:05
> To “empirically test” this “theory”, you would have to consider all
> devices that passengers could possible bring on board. And that’s
> simply impossible.
The specific case in question relates to mobile phone usage.
> The only incident I know of is a video camera that caused interference
> at cruising altitude when someone was filming his family.
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> However, I agree that much about the use of mobile phones on planes is
> exaggerated. Planes don’t fall out of the skies when someone turns on
> his mobile phone mid-flight – that’s clearly rubbish.
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> I also agree that many factors would have come together to cause a
> major incident, but better be safe than sorry. I don’t mind switching
> off my iPod for 10 minutes during take-off and landing.
Mobile phones are in a special category for some reason. Unlike other
passenger gear, their use is not allowed at any time during flight, not
just during takeoff and landing.
Mind you, I'm happy to see their use remain banned, on whatever pretext.
Aircraft are one of the few remaining places where one can escape from
the damned things. A passenger sitting next to me while using their
mobile phone would be in serious danger of finding their oesophagus
acquire the same cross-section as the offending device.
Sylvia.
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