Comments on: Crackberries on the Airplane http://davidjduran.com/2007/10/31/crackberries-on-the-airplane/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:47:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Greg http://davidjduran.com/2007/10/31/crackberries-on-the-airplane/#comment-454 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:12:30 +0000 http://davidjduran.com/2007/10/31/crackberries-on-the-airplane/#comment-454 That guy is clearly a jerk. Considering that your phone or Blackberry or whatever, will only be off for a few minutes during take off and landing, I see no problem with turning it off.

At altitude, it should be off no matter what. You’re not allowed to have cell phones “active” on airplanes for one reason or another, probably depending on the pilot’s controls and communication, and it is very bad form to leave it on (and potentially dangerous).

Also, at 35,000 feet while traveling several hundred miles per hour, I can’t imagine a Blackberry would be all that useful as I doubt you’d have a signal…

Simply, you were sitting by an idiot and a jerk.

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