I was using my Treo on a NW Airlink flight last week when the FA asked me to turn it off. I showed her the phone was off, where it actually says "Phone Off" and not "Airplane mode". She was ok with it after that. She did say something about airplane mode not being acceptable, which I don't understand. I thought that mean the phone was off. I vaguely remember her including iPods in her pre-flight talk which threw me also. You see a million mp3 players on planes these days. And I agree with you on the wireless cards in laptops. I actually have a Sprint AirCard in my PCMIA slot, and I don't always remember to pull it out when I have the laptop out. It happily blinks red looking for a signal and we haven't crashed yet!
