Originally Posted by
allturnleft
Its bizarre when officials get upset by it. I have been told off several times. The officials T LHw get very upset by you taking photos from the Tarmac. One cabin crew member on a bmi embrear git very officious about it saying that a digital camera inteferes with the flight deck. My policy now is to hide tha camera till the crew are snuggly strapped in! There may always a risk if a jobsworth on board
Well for take off and landing all electronic items need to be turned off and this is a directive that UK airlines are given by the CAA. Even if they are in flight mode, the CAA still requires that they are turned off.
Only this week BA sent out a reminder to crew about the fact that kindles and other electronic books need to be turned off, even giving us instructions on how different devices are turned off, just in case passengers don't know how to!
Please don't take it out on the cabin crew if you are asked to turn off your devices because they are just abiding by the instructions BA require which they in turn receive from the CAA. If you want to change the rules, please write to the CAA and ask them and maybe request their reasoning on this matter.