Why Turning Off Your Devices During Takeoff Might Have Merit
When you're flying these days, you'll usually hear the flight crew instruct you during takeoff and landing to turn off "any device that has an off button"—not just activating airplane mode, but physically turning off the device. This makes very little sense to most tech-savvy types, but James Fallows at The Atlantic has a few theories on the seemingly arbitrary rule. One is that the pilot and crew need your attention, in case something goes wrong. The other theories revolve around the actual dev