Originally Posted by shfo

This is one time where I can't fault the media. They interviewed real pilots who made some stupid remarks.

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Oh, really, explain how cellphones cause interference with a pitot/static system. He could have said "if someone receives or sends a call on a cellphone it can interfere with the magnets in our headsets giving off an annoying hum that could make us miss an important radio call."





I'd like to see the underwhelming minority of takeoffs that are done with the autopilot.