[LINK] 5 Reasons Why E-Books Aren’t There Yet

[Kim Holburn]

Most of the aeroplanes we fly in now were designed and built long after wireless phones and other devices were in common use.  There is no justification that personal wireless devices would interfere with anything in a modern aeroplane.  Even less in a plane with a non-metal shell.  Australia is particularly anal about these silly rules.  

On 2011/Jun/08, at 10:51 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> At 03:50 AM 8/06/2011, Scott Howard you wrote:
>> Whether the requirement to turn these devices off makes sense or not
>> (especially for the e-ink versions), the simple fact is that probably 50% of
>> my book reading time at the moment is during phases of flying where e-books
>> are simply not allowed to be used. For me, that's a showstopper for e-books!
> 
> That one would be worth raising with whoever governs these things. 
> Seems a stupid rule since there is absolutely NO navigation going on 
> when you're on the ground. AND one can turn one's phone ON once 
> you're on the ground after landing, so why not these devices as well? 
> Sounds like time for some common sense adjustment of a hold-over regulation.
> 
> Jan
> 
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