>>> A 54-year-old man who allegedly refused to turn his mobile phone off
>>> during a Jetstar flight out of Sydney has been charged with endangering
>>> an aircraft.

>

>>> So maybe someone will have to *prove* beyond reasonable doubt that a
>>> mobile phone actually endangers an aircraft?

>
> It's not so much the mobile phone endangering the aircraft and it's
> occupants.
>
> It's the passenger not following the crew's instructions.  That is the
> problem.
>
> When passengers start ignoring the crew and do their own thing, that's when
> everyone is in danger!