I am confused now ( nothing new there then ) but in another thread on PPRuNe
a poster says interference won't happen.
http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/47168...ipads-faa.html
stepwilk
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York
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The one thing that everybody seems to be missing about these electronics-shutdown rules is that they actually have nothing to do with imagined "radio interference." The reason for these rules is that the airlines and the FAA want passengers paying attention, undistracted, able to hear cabin-crew instructions during the crucial phases of flight. They don't want them playing word games, or having earphones clamped on their heads, or making cellphone calls when they should be at least minimally paying attention.
You can argue all you want about whether the stuff needs to stay off till 10,000 feet, or whether sitting at a gate with the door closed counts as "flight," but the whole frequency-interference thing is a red herring.
The airlines would be better off making this point rather than to continue hinting that the electronics "could interfere with avionics," which nobody believes anyway. A few people might at least minimally accept the explanation that they should not be distracted.
So who do I believe as both arguements seem valid.?