@dinnie the goo-girl: It's a Federal Requirement and a Federal crime to not comply.

@Standish: I had a pre-teen pull a pistol on me and wave it in my face. I put him on his a$$ immediately and sent him scurrying away. I guarantee that a$$ whoopin, changed his life for the better. Because another, less forgiving person, at that time and place, would have simply shot him on the spot. There are…

@McMike: I like your version!

@JDickson87: In your example, the people actually comply with the request to turn off the device. In this case, apparently the teen did NOT comply with the request, which could have resulted in a return to the Gate (= Potential Major Delay), to get him off the plane. When that happens, I'm sure everyone on the plane…

@Bassman22: At 60+ years old, how do you think this man was raised to think regarding misbehaving youth? I'm willing to bet that times/values/rules and laws were quite a bit different when he was a kid growing up. That does excuse this silly behavior, but it could explain how he mentally justified it, at the time.

@Dutch Guilder: If the plane dips or turns that hard, I don't think that a flying cell phone is the biggest concern of ANYONE on board at the time!

@zer0sh1k1: ROFL!

Bring it to Android....there is Pron [sic] there too!

@RaindropBebop: Maybe it's because the Android Icons actually have Names under them, AND the Folder Icons actually LOOK like folder Icons, AND you can actually have Meta-Data attached Shortcuts on your home screens, AND you can have Animated Backgrounds on your home screens, AND you have a working Trash Can Icon…

@crazypills77: Why would ANYONE want to do that?

She can Cover My Assignment, when ever she likes!

That is really a Wolf in great camouflage !

@Mark 2000: Naaa.... this has to be for the Right Wing, war mongering, bible thumping, in-bred, non reading, nut jobs! I'm just guessing here.

I miss the HD DVD Blu-Ray format Battles! HD DVD FTW! :-(

The in flight entertainment systems are not typically, directly connected to the primary flight control or the primary communications systems of an commercial airliner, except at the PA override interface.

@WestwoodDenizen: This might just empty out at least One Office in Cupertino that I can think of! ;-P

@2 replies: Then Outlaw the Stupidity itself!

Why not just buy a Droid phone? Or download the audio file?

ROTFLMFAO! Still!

@adorkablejuliep: Oh and it's okay, because us Android owners, know how to Multi-Task! ;-P