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Jan 25, 2013, 10:21 am

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Michael D

Join Date: Nov 2008

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Programs: UA peon (+decades 1K), AA Exec Plt

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Originally Posted by freshairborne

Sure. 180 degree swing on both RMIs while someone had a computer on in flight. When we got the person to cycle it on and off, the RMIs moved 180 degrees.

It was with a full size laptop from the era of 10 lb laptops and had a computer-sized battery. Maybe under the wrong circumstances a phone would only swing it 90 degrees, which is about 90 more than I want to deal with. I'm not a test pilot, and that wasn't under test conditions.

FAB

In the days of 10 lb laptops (<1990) no one sold a computer which had a transmitters/radios in them. So this happened on the flight when allowed electronics were allowed to be used?

Do you see any 90 degree swings because I've seen people trying to use there phone's in flight/ heard them ringing as we landed?

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