Jim Henderson wrote:
> Same here, I think (the "not surprised" bit is confusing me, 

I'm saying that if you're in an industrial place that the general public is 
not allowed into where keying up a radio blows fuses, that's understandable, 
but you wouldn't want to design an airplane where someone from the general 
public not following the rules about their cell phone crashes the plane.

I.e., it's perfectly safe in a nuclear reactor to say "nobody turn off the 
coolant supply while the rods are out of the core." But you wouldn't put 
that control panel in reach of the public tours of the facility.

Having a cell phone in the cockpit cause troubles is more reasonable than a 
cell phone in the passenger compartment causing troubles.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
  "How did he die?"   "He got shot in the hand."
     "That was fatal?"
          "He was holding a live grenade at the time."

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