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Old May 20, 2013 | 11:41 pm
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planemechanic
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Originally Posted by bvipirate
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.
Your argument is not with me, it is with the reality of 30 years and hundreds of millions of flights with no negative impact of countless variations of PEDs on and working during all phases of flight. If you still want to be scared after all that the choice is yours.
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