Enjoy increased productivity and talk time on the ground before you depart and after landing as you taxi to the gate. You may use your cell phone, laptop computer, and other electronic devices onboard until advised by the flight crew, but please note that use of cell phones is not allowed during flight.
Please keep these things in mind during taxi, takeoff and landing:
- Put small devices in airplane mode and either hold or place the device under your seat
- Laptops and other large items cannot be held and should be turned off and put away
My read:
Devices must be put in flight mode, and large devices stowed, once you're underway from the gate. Small devices can continue to be used.
Large devices can be removed from storage and used above 10K. All devices must stay in flight mode.
Under 10K feet, large devices must again be stowed.
Upon landing, you can activate the cellular service on your small devices and continue to use them. Large devices must remained stowed through taxi to the gate.
If Captain/FA provides commands that contradict this, you must follow them, regardless of how dumb they sound (like "the Captain may take off from the wrong runway"
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