We are all told to turn off our cell phone and electronic devices during takeoffs (and climbs) and landings (and descents) on commercial flights. But is using a cell phone really dangerous or is the FAA just being overly cautious?
I ask, because it I think the iPad has great potential for being an all in one flight computer. A large number of the iPad apps work better when they have a connection to the internet thru 3G or wifi. Would it be dangerous to fly around with your iPad with the 3G turned on?
I sat thru a presentation on this once, specifically someone studied how often people use cell phones on commercial flights. They found that on just about every flight someones cell phone was trying to connect to cell towers on the ground. Their conclusion was that cell phone were going to eventually cause a plane to crash. But so far there is only circumstantial evidence that any cell phone has ever affected a planes flight systems...
I ask, because it I think the iPad has great potential for being an all in one flight computer. A large number of the iPad apps work better when they have a connection to the internet thru 3G or wifi. Would it be dangerous to fly around with your iPad with the 3G turned on?
I sat thru a presentation on this once, specifically someone studied how often people use cell phones on commercial flights. They found that on just about every flight someones cell phone was trying to connect to cell towers on the ground. Their conclusion was that cell phone were going to eventually cause a plane to crash. But so far there is only circumstantial evidence that any cell phone has ever affected a planes flight systems...