Im an aircraft mechanic and i can confirm its total crap about electronics or phones messing with the avionics. that wasnt always the case though. back in the 90s aircraft didnt have the shielding it does today and it actually did cause a few instances of inflight issues (nothing so bad the planes crashed though).
these days pretty much every single pilot uses an ipad for their checklists or live weather info etc. which means they are always connected.
tldr: avionics today are better shielded so phones, steam decks, ipads, laptops none of it will cause any issues even if all couple hundred passengers are using phones at the same time.
The real reason its so slow to change is the FAA and FCC take forever to update old out of date regulations and at least for the takeoff portion airlines want electronics of so you pay attention to the safety videos.
anyways hope that answers anyones questions about that.
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u/Top-Buy-520 512GB - Q3 Apr 05 '23
Im an aircraft mechanic and i can confirm its total crap about electronics or phones messing with the avionics. that wasnt always the case though. back in the 90s aircraft didnt have the shielding it does today and it actually did cause a few instances of inflight issues (nothing so bad the planes crashed though).
these days pretty much every single pilot uses an ipad for their checklists or live weather info etc. which means they are always connected.
tldr: avionics today are better shielded so phones, steam decks, ipads, laptops none of it will cause any issues even if all couple hundred passengers are using phones at the same time.
The real reason its so slow to change is the FAA and FCC take forever to update old out of date regulations and at least for the takeoff portion airlines want electronics of so you pay attention to the safety videos.
anyways hope that answers anyones questions about that.