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Old May 20, 2013 | 12:11 pm
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bvipirate
 
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Boeing engineers currently believe that is in the best interest of safety and they recommend that PED devices should be shut off below 10,000 feet. It is a lengthy but interesting read:

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aer..._textonly.html

I think I will follow the advice of Boeing engineers vs a plane mechanic.
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