Fliers Still Must Turn Off Devices, but Its Not Clear Why →

New technologies are often greeted with fear and that is certainly true of a disruptive technology like cellphones. Yet rules that are decades old persist without evidence to support the idea that someone reading an e-book or playing a video game during takeoff or landing is jeopardizing safety.

Do I hear the sound of a train passing by? Will the cows still be giving milk? Same story.