Debunking a Travel Myth

Every airline flight attendant makes more or less the same announcement, insisting for the safety of the flight you must turn off your cell phone, iPhone, Blackberry, Gameboys, etc... because they may interfere with the plane's navigational systems. Some flight attendants will even claim the policy as an FAA edict. Is any of this true?

Of course, this is nonsense. The FAA has attempted practically everything in the last twenty-five years to disrupt an aircraft's avionics with a notebook computer, hand-held PDAs, Blackberries, you name it. What have they determined? Nothing. You can't knock a plane out of the sky by sending an email. The FAA's policy is to let each individual airline dictate their own. So the next time someone tries to sell you this wheelbarrow full of fertilizer you are in the know.

One last thing, even though the flight attendant may be spraying poo in your face, you need to oblige. Since 9/11, Ignoring instruction by a flight attendant is now an arrestable offense.

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