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Sep 9, 2010 | 7:46 am

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Originally Posted by natas43

Thanks for the replies. I'm not pissed about having to power down early, just trying to figure out the discrepancies in power down time on various flights. I've seen the differences on both mainline and regional partners and was just curious as to what the official "policy" was. I'm not the DYKWIA type, nor am I one to make a stink about being told to shut down early. Just a curiosity thing!

Well, I am.

There are many times that we are well above 10K feet that the FA, for whatever reason, tells people to power down their devices. I could've read for another 5-10 minutes, but because the FA wants to "take care of this early" I'm expected to put my Kindle / iPad away. It's silly and inconsistent. And very annoying to me.

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