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Re:Security or theater: no electronics on international flig... by NikkiA on Saturday December 26, 2009 @05:23PM (#1016343)
I doubt there's any validity to this claim, just another TC bad reporting most likely.

Banning electronics on flights would be the final nail in the coffin for air-travel, even just on international flights it would piss off so many corporate travellers that the airlines wouldn't cope with the losses - many large corps only accept 8hr+ flights for business trips because the employee(s) can work while in flight.

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Re:Security or theater: no electronics on international flig... by poutine on Saturday December 26, 2009 @05:47PM (#1016364)
Personal accounts on the new rules from flight crews and passengers:

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/re...

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Re:Security or theater: no electronics on international flig... by Zev on Saturday December 26, 2009 @05:35PM (#1016356)
Its valid: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/us/27security.html. Which is actually linked to in the article.
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Re:Security or theater: no electronics on international flig... by imurray on Saturday December 26, 2009 @08:23PM (#1016529)
That link says nothing about electronics, the headline claim. The sources for banning electronics all seem to refer to Twitter, which may result from isolated incidents, or speculation.
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