Originally Posted by mtacchi
4) It is time this nonsense about phones and electrical devices ends. How is my IPOD, which doesn't transmit sh*t, going to interfere with anything? Really, get over it. I use my laptop, cell, IPOD, ect.. every day in the pointy end of the plane and so do the others I fly with.
Never had the slightest issue.
Ive always been under the impression (probably been told by a FA at some point) that not using personal audio on take off and landing was to do with being able to hear a brace/emergency evacuation announcement. They could have been BSing but it makes sense to me.