Please turn off all electronic devices. Really. Published: Dec. 13, 2011 at 12:01 a.m. ET. Share. Resize. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — It doesn’t matter who you are or what you’re doing.

Home; Digest; Features ‘Please turn off your electronic devices’ Aviation authorities are finally considering lifting the ban on passenger use of e-readers, tablets, and other electronics.

Americans are losing out on 105 million hours of digital time when they have to turn off their iPads and smartphones during takeoff and landing. The FAA has considered lifting that ban but has yet ...

But since there are so many electronic devices out there, and there's no real way to test how each one will affect the plane, it's simply easier to ask everyone to turn them off.

— -- "What part of 'please turn your cellphone off' do you feel does not apply to you?" Peter Juhren asked a fellow passenger as their New York-bound Delta Air Lines flight taxied for takeoff ...

Before takeoff and landing, we know it is coming: "ladies and gentleman, please turn off all electronic devices." However, for many of us, it's hard to believe that an iPod or a Kindle could ...

Concern over their devices’ electromagnetic output prompts the FAA to force the airlines to demand passengers turn off all electronic devices for takeoffs and landings.

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We've all heard the admonitions every time we board an airplane: When the cabin doors close, we must turn off all electronic devices - cellphones, tablet computers, laptops, e-readers, "anything ...

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Regulation 121.306 states that various electronic devices can cause interference with the plane and therefore need to be turned off for the safety of everybody onboard.

It happens on just about every flight now, say flight attendants. The plane's door closes and it's time to turn off personal electronic devices. And there's always at least one person who keeps ...