Some people say the funniest things...

[mareserinitatis]

In my surfing earlier this week, I came across this article about someone who almost was arrested for having his iPhone in airplane mode.

What really struck me as funny was this quote:

OK, so why didn't he tell me that at all in flight, all he said was i was breaking FAA rules, and also why was everyone else allowed to use their laptops, mp3

Comments

[bluetrekker]

Doh, ground loops!

We lost two of the inputs on our TV because of a ground loop!

[mareserinitatis]

Sorry...didn't mean to bring back any bad memories.

[bluetrekker]

Sometimes, when I'm watching TV, I'll start to have flashbacks about the dreaded ground loops...

Going to back to your original article, it seems that on every flight I've ever taken, a handful of people decide that the warning about electronic devices doesn't apply to them and they keep using their devices during takeoff.

[mareserinitatis]

I think because of people like that, they are trying much harder to work on preventing EMI in planes. Like I said, you can't predict everything 100%.

On the other hand, I always want to shout at people like that. I'd prefer that they leave the rest of us out of their idiocy. If the plane has problems, that affects all of us.

Too bad there isn't an eject button for such people. (And I could think of a few other reasons to use it, too.) :-)