The first commenter nailed it:
Originally Posted by Matt0505
Are you freaking kidding me? How about just follow the god damn rule for the time it takes to takeoff and land? Unbelievable. Anyone who follows those "tips" should be immediately thrown off the plane if their caught. And not even because you're any kind of "threat" to safety, or whatever, but because you're just an ....... for having such a desire to break the rule.
I'll admit, I sometimes secretly leave my ipod playing music to my ear facing the window... I'm bad
It also annoys me
sometimes that BA Staff is particularly rigorously enforcing the no electronics rule, while AA for example usally doesn't give a thing about people listening to music on their ipod or reading their ebooks on takeoff and landing.
However, I do understand the safety concerns to some extend, so at the end of it all, it's not worth arguing or getting worked up about, after all it's about 2x 10-15 Minutes of your journey. Certainly not worth acting like a little child as he describes...