Originally Posted by panamamike

Maybe some of you can either change or reinforce my thoughts on this subject. In my recent travels, I've noticed more and more people deciding to leave their electronics on during take-off and landing.

I find it both concerning and frustrating. Typically I'll see people sleeping with their active noise cancellation head phones on, and at times I'll see people with their Iphones left on, and in one case a person was texting while still landing!

From a safety perspective, I'm not sure just how dangerous this practice is, but it's a bit disconcerting.

That brings the question, should someone point it out when a person decides to ignore the rules? AFAIK there is a federal penalty for keeping electronics on and can be prosecuted by the court of law. I'd just want the person to comply, would hate to get into some legal situation.

I've never heard of such a case, but wonder if such a thing could happen.

Finally, I have to wonder since there are plenty of electronics that are left on that don't have on off switches. Such as quartz watches, lcd sets on the plane itself and I'm sure people accidentally forget to turn off items left in a bag.

What's everyone's take on this scenario?

Mike