Using electronics on take off - Oh Dear
Apr 12, 2012 | 12:06 pm
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Using electronics on take off - Oh Dear
How To Use Your Electronics During Takeoff Without Getting Busted
From gizmodo
Why write this sort of rubbish, mind you step 3 is the best plan..... Doh now I am highlighting it.
Step 3: Misdirection
If you were cruising a cabin for people listening to music, and saw a passenger with a pair of headphones folded neatly on his lap—unplugged cord in full view—you would naturally assume he wasn't wearing his headphones, right? You would. And you'd be wrong. Because that guy is me, and I travel with two pairs of headphones: A set of cans carried mostly as a ruse (though it is nice to give the ear canal a break and switch up 'phones on long flights), and a couple of earbuds whispering sweet nothings into my ears under my hoodie during takeoff. This works. Every. Single. Time. Especially if you are pretending to be asleep—an illusion the hoodie can also help reinforce. Just make sure to keep your buckled seatbelt in full view; all of your illusions will be strengthened if the sky narcs think you're a model citizen
edit: oops forgot to put OT in title, sorry
From gizmodo
Why write this sort of rubbish, mind you step 3 is the best plan..... Doh now I am highlighting it.
Step 3: Misdirection
If you were cruising a cabin for people listening to music, and saw a passenger with a pair of headphones folded neatly on his lap—unplugged cord in full view—you would naturally assume he wasn't wearing his headphones, right? You would. And you'd be wrong. Because that guy is me, and I travel with two pairs of headphones: A set of cans carried mostly as a ruse (though it is nice to give the ear canal a break and switch up 'phones on long flights), and a couple of earbuds whispering sweet nothings into my ears under my hoodie during takeoff. This works. Every. Single. Time. Especially if you are pretending to be asleep—an illusion the hoodie can also help reinforce. Just make sure to keep your buckled seatbelt in full view; all of your illusions will be strengthened if the sky narcs think you're a model citizen
edit: oops forgot to put OT in title, sorry
Last edited by joejet; Apr 12, 2012 at 12:14 pm
Apr 12, 2012 | 12:38 pm
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The first commenter nailed it:
I'll admit, I sometimes secretly leave my ipod playing music to my ear facing the window... I'm bad 
It also annoys me sometimes that BA Staff is particularly rigorously enforcing the no electronics rule, while AA for example usally doesn't give a thing about people listening to music on their ipod or reading their ebooks on takeoff and landing.
However, I do understand the safety concerns to some extend, so at the end of it all, it's not worth arguing or getting worked up about, after all it's about 2x 10-15 Minutes of your journey. Certainly not worth acting like a little child as he describes...
Originally Posted by Matt0505
Are you freaking kidding me? How about just follow the god damn rule for the time it takes to takeoff and land? Unbelievable. Anyone who follows those "tips" should be immediately thrown off the plane if their caught. And not even because you're any kind of "threat" to safety, or whatever, but because you're just an ....... for having such a desire to break the rule.
It also annoys me sometimes that BA Staff is particularly rigorously enforcing the no electronics rule, while AA for example usally doesn't give a thing about people listening to music on their ipod or reading their ebooks on takeoff and landing.
However, I do understand the safety concerns to some extend, so at the end of it all, it's not worth arguing or getting worked up about, after all it's about 2x 10-15 Minutes of your journey. Certainly not worth acting like a little child as he describes...
