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Originally Posted by speede5
In theory any transmitter could interfere with aircraft equipment but in reality the chance of that is minute. My guess is that it is easier to tell people to turn them off than to do all the studies to prove they aren't a problem.
We have this debate at work from time to time, guys who get all sensitive when you are using your phone around ejection seats or explosives on canopies, but nothing has ever been proven and there are no documented instances.
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I went to school for avionics, and the general consensus among the profs was that they just want you to pay attention during critical phases.