Yes there are those that are closed minded and do not know it.

If you are a pilot... or flying on a GA aircraft and the pilot lets you leave the phone on... you could be in even more trouble... as a pilot breaking this rule is serious, a pilot letting you is in trouble and so are you.

Oh yeah... the no fly list is more likely, but if the authorities want to, you can be arrested and charged. Really depends on the one you have to deal with and how big of a d*** you are to the flight crew when caught.

True that.

Water is one thing... urine has a lot of crap in it that is harmful to electronics... and well anything.

What he said...

No... they rigged something or he jumped out a door.

I used to get this stuff very bad when I was young. Living in a rural area and liking to wander through the woods taught me how to avoid it for the most part.

Is it in airplane mode?

The antennas on those planes may be a hundred feet away from the cockpit, so even if the pilot was using his own phone, it is no more likely to be the problem than any other.

I have done this in a Cessna... Needless to say staring out of the left side window to fly/land is an odd experience.

I work in aviation... specifically an avionics tech... I install electronic systems in aircraft. Run the wires, make the terminations and pin connectors, install the equipment computer boxes/displays, test and troubleshoot.

Yeah... antennas by definition are not "shielded".

Bet you are right. Couldn't make out the markings.

Yeah, amazon is a good source.

They make good knives. They have some over $100 easy.

For a cheap knife like that... don't worry about it.

Also... whats up with the strange speaking mannerisms of the news lady... seems stilted/unnatural.

Or they are not trained on proper gun safety, or even done deliberately to look intimidating... I would bet its lack of safety training or mindset, though the latter is definitely plausible.

Do what now? Where did that come from out of this conversation?