All this fuss about shutting down electronic equipments is a total .........

I don't even understand why they keep using these old and sterile rules. It doesn't change anything that i keep working on my blackberry while taxiing for 20 mins in CDG or LHR.... Oh yeah you gotta follow the rule... Stupid and useless rule.

As said someone earlier, at least all the american airlines allow you to switch on your mobile phone as soon as you're off the runaway. And it allows people to start answering emails and handle work urgencies during a period of wasted time. I would REALLY like to know a good reason why we couldn't start using them as soon as we're off the runaway.

Same thing for using an ipod or the IFE during takeoff and landing. Any good reason apart from this "so called" security reason ? On Virgin America, they switch on the IFE while at the gate, and you can start watching your movie even when people are still boarding, and they switch it off once you're connected with the jetway.

Clear cut-off points, but absolutely non-sense...