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Old 27th Mar 2008, 05:08
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Xeque
 
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So what's changed?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../11/wair11.xml

It seems to me that the signals given off by mobile phones in 2001 are no different to those given off today. If they were dangerous enough then what has changed to make them 'safe' now?
Or were the Air Accident Investigators back then totally mistaken?
Also, read the other links in the story. What about the man who was imprisoned for a year because he insisted on using his phone during a flight from Madrid to Manchester? Can he now sue the establishment for wrongful imprisonment? And then there is the CAA quote in 1999 that 'the use of mobile phones will never be allowed'.
It's the same old story. Greed takes precedence.
PS. The more I think about it the more I like the 'glass of water' solution. Who gets accused of air rage then? Me asking for a glass of water or the moron screaming about his/her neutralised mobile phone?

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