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John Andersen wrote:
On Sunday 24 September 2006 12:00, Per Jessen wrote:
I still doubt this wireless-off switch is an actual FAA requirement, I have to say - do you have a reference to it? Is it brandnew? My laptop is.
The requirement is that you may not operate anything that sends or receives a radio signal, and the requirement is also an EU requirement, and its part of German Law. So that would leave YOU with the requirement to make sure the wifi is off, or just not use the device.
John, you've now gone from saying it's only for American airlines, to it being an EU requirement as well a German law. Of course, I'm subject to neither provided I fly Swiss or Scandinavian, KLM or Air France :-) Still, it does not change the fact that my laptop does NOT have a switch or button that will turn off the wireless NIC, so this is simply NOT an FAA nor German or EU requirement.
However, to the best of my knowledge there has never been any documented case where either a cell phone or a wifi transmitter has ever interfered with any flight system.
Yeah - in the UK, they used to think that mobiles could create sparks, and petrol-station proprietors and staff took it upon themselves to ban the use of such on their premises - completely unwarranted. /Per Jessen, Zürich