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Anytime someone gives you the one in a million argument, ask them to do a little math.

100,000 flights per day. 200 people per flight making cell phone calls? How many potential avionics issues are we talking about?

What's the most years we've gone without a major airline accident? Wasn't there a 10 year period at one point?




The question was really about electronic devices during takeoff and landing. They were very conservative, though I can't really fault them for it--however annoying it was to both passengers and flight crews. But given the number of electronic devices--including phones--that you know weren't actually turned off or put into airplane mode, it became pretty obvious that there wasn't a systematic problem with having devices on.




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