Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It’s Not Clear Why

Re:Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It’s Not Clear Why by Zigurd on Sunday November 27, 2011 @08:03PM (#3283964)

Your response is an example of the natural tendency of some people to find comfort in authority, even when it is shown to be ineffective. Nothing personal. Lots of people react in the same way. Sad nonetheless.

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Re:Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It’s Not Clear Why by Bud on Sunday November 27, 2011 @08:39PM (#3284058)

Not really. It is an example of me reading an Ask The Pilot column, on Salon, in which this topic was discussed, and finding myself in agreement with the reasonable points made therein, by an actual pilot.

As far as authority goes in general, and the FAA in particular, I think the FAA and Homeland Security are utterly full of it, most of the time. This issue is more evidence of that; I agree with those who point out that there is no reason to power off devices. Just pointing out that there is indeed a valid reason to want folks to put them away. Especially anything involving headphones.

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Re:Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It’s Not Clear Why by brk on Sunday November 27, 2011 @09:27PM (#3284170)

This is a fairly hot topic among most frequent fliers. Did you ever consider that column was more propaganda warfare from the FAA instead of actual data?

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Re:Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It’s Not Clear Why by gnaffle on Monday November 28, 2011 @08:40PM (#3288559)

I'm pretty sure about that, given that the same author has been quite harsh on the FAA about other issues (such as crew rest time). Edit: http://www.salon.com/2008/01/04/askthepilot259/ - hardly what I would call propaganda.

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Re:Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It’s Not Clear Why by plink on Sunday November 27, 2011 @09:21PM (#3284153)

Was it the pilot in the article who cited the hyperbolic number 15? It's hard to be simultaneously flippant and convincing.

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