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Devices like ipads and e-readers don't cause mechanical interference some say they could still pose a danger. casey, tell us what you got. >> a lot of people are watching this. you know, the current policy has baffled many air travelers for some time. a lot of folks understand why you can't use your cellphones, because they're sending and receiving signals, but to a lot of members of the flying public what's the big deal about my ipod or kindle, for example, that's not transmitting any kind of data. that cannot interfere with the plane's communications, right? wrong. we talked to a boeing engi...

>> and one of the things he said to me, by the way, when you shut off your phone or all your devices, that is just something flight attendants do, so you pay attention to them as they give out -- give out instructions. >> thank you. >> so what they're trying to say is it is a ruse. that it doesn't matter. >> he's wrong. >> my husband believes that it's a reduuse. but he does turn them off. i told you about this a few weeks ago when i was coming back from christmas break, for the first time ever on a flight, the flight attendants after they asked people to turn off their electronic devices, the...