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Re: presentation-prep as safety hazard

2001-03-20 10:50:02
Dave Crocker wrote:

On the way here, the flight attendant insisted that I turn off my Palm Pilot.

Do they make people turn off hearing aids?

And, if they do, how do they tell them it's OK to turn them back on? :-)

(The difference, of course, is that there's no Hearing Aid VII, with a wireless
connection to let you listen to Web pages or something...yet.  The flight
attendants can't keep up with the tech; and better for them to err on the side
of caution.  The remaining question, of course, is how come the airplane
manufacturers can't build a plane to resist this interference.  You'd think
they'd be interested in the liability benefits, if nothing else.  :-)

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