I must assume that all airplanes run Windows2000
Inspiration behind this comic, I recently flew from Detroit to Toronto and the plane refused to take off because the kid beside me was writing an SMS. 2 different stewards began arguing with him to turn off his iPhone until he finally did. Meanwhile I was *sleeping* beside him with my iPhone on listening to music. Fortunately for me, I had my hood on and they didn’t care notice.
“Phones and Mp3 players can cause electrical interference that can disrupt our plane’s equipment.” I don’t like being treated like a child, the reality is they need your full attention during takeoff/landing so that you are alert, since these are the times most likely an accident could occur. Just say that. You can’t seriously expect me to fly on a plane if some idiot’s Walkman (that idiot was me in my previous story) was accidentally left on, and can take down a 747. Why do you rigorously measure the amount of hair gel in my carry on, and force me to put it into a baggie, yet seemingly ignore the 3 electronic devices in my front pocket.
Incidentally, while drawing this comic, this news article about an NFL player going through this exact debacle appeared in my news reader. I might be over reacting, but perhaps you (the FAA) should worry more about your pilots making $17,000 a year and being on food stamps [warning, link to Michael Moore] than me listening to Miley Cyrus on my flight home.
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Forgot to mention, when walking off the airplane after the flight, I glanced into the cockpit and noticed both pilots shuffling through their apps on their iPhones.
“Let’s say you are navigating across the Pacific, and you are lost… There’s an App for that too!” *shudder*
That comic is hilarious.
And you’re totally right about being entitled to the facts; but the problem is that most of the people sitting right next to you on the flight are children anyways.
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Just in case anyone missed that last panel