Originally Posted by
13901
It's a lost battle, a bit like asking passengers not to take their hand baggage with them during an emergency evacuation.
With the difference that if, one day, a plane load of passengers dies because of a mobile phone fire, the original source of the fire may be traceable by the investigation (unlike the attributability of any particular injury or death to any particular piece of hand baggage). And if it is, then action may finally be taken.
In the meantime, cabin crew will just have to keep honing their firefighting skills.