You’ve got basically two options on a flight — do what the flight attendants tell you to do when they tell you to do it, or end up watching the plane leave without you. A woman from Massachusetts was unable to do as she was told, and missed her flight as a result. [More]
Refusing To Turn Off Electronics & Sit Down Will Get You Booted From Your Flight
By April 23, 2012
You Really Should Be Turning Off Portable Electronic Devices On Planes
By March 14, 2011
Yes! Vindication! You were totally right to give that snooty guy sitting next to you the stinkeye when he refused to turn off his Kindle before takeoff, because you know, for some reason, he thinks the rules don’t apply to him. Anyway: A new study cites 75 instances since 2003 where portable electronic devices may have interfered with airplane communication, navigation or surveillance systems. [More]

