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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 8:45 am
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Originally Posted by mnredfox
Was on flight yesterday and as we were landing some DYKWIA in F kept his cell phone on the whole time, even after electronics off announcement (he also get yelled at when the boarding door closed twice after not complying after being told personally to turn it off).

Now, normally I don't care as I sometimes use my camera to take pictures on takeoff/landing, but in this case I could see the jerk texting during the last 10 minutes and literally playing on his phone the whole time even as we landed.

I felt tempted to push the FA button to snitch on him in the name of safety. This article seems to indicate it is a legit reason:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ell-phone.html

Should I have snitched?
Next time, just ask the FA to share with you his/her basis for being confident that the perpetrator is not a terrorist texting info or instructions to an accomplice on the ground, or elsewhere on the plane.


Edited to add:

Sometimes it seems that SWA is the only airline serious about enforcing this regulation:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...wQy4EQ&cad=rja
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