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Subject: Re: Notebooks in flight Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:42:47 GMT

On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:13:55 -0800, Irwell wrote:

>On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:02 +0100, Alfred Molon wrote:
>
>> Why exactly are you not allowed to use a notebook computer during take-
>> off and landing? The radio power emitted by a notebook should be too
>> weak to cause any problems to the plane electronics.
>
>One notebook maybe, but 50 to 100 could cause some beat frequency
>problems with the avionics.

Baloney. This has been proven to be completely false again and again.
More than likely, they are concerned someone would get injured if they
suddenly had to stop and don't want to be liable. It has nothing to
do with electronics.

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