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>> i think that it keeps people on board safer and messing with stuff on the plane, then i think that's okay to do. >> reporter: but flight attendants, the people who tell you when to hit the off switch, also say it's a matter of getting your attention during the most sensitive parts of the flight. >> someone's listening to their music or they have -- they're watching a video and they have got the beats on and noise canceling headphones, we want to make sure if there's a situation that passengers need to hear and understand that they will be able to do so. >> reporter: the national association...

And secondly, let's face it, do we really want to have everybody on a cell phone on an airplane as we're flying along? maybe this should be the last place where people aren't talking on the phone. >> senator mccaskill, who is pushing for this change, she points out that pilots are using ipads in the cockpit, the flight attendants even have been given them. that's something i think a lot of people maybe didn't realize. >> this is when the house of cards started tumbling for the faa when it was announced that american airlines was issuing ipads to all of its flight crew so that the people closes...

Power down policy for takeoffs and landings. joining me is miles o'brien, science correspondent for pbs news hour and a pilot himself. great to see you. every time i fly, i'm told to turn off the ipad for takeoff and landing, turn off the cell phone because it might affect obviously the flight. they are now saying it could actually be completely safe after all? >> yeah. yeah. we can finish up that game of word with friends with alec baldwin we wanted to finish up. the truth is that some of these devices emit tiny amounts of he electromagnetic radiation. kindle e-readers, there is virtually not...

The faa is reconsidering its power down policy for takeoffs and landings. joining me is miles o'brien, science correspondent for pbs news hour and a pilot himself. great to see you. every time i fly, i'm told to turn off the ipad for takeoff and landing, turn off the cell phone because it might affect obviously the flight. they are now saying it could actually be completely safe after all? >> yeah. yeah. we can finish up that game of word with friends with alec baldwin we wanted to finish up. the truth is that some of these devices emit tiny amounts of electromagnetic radiation. kindle e-reade...

Look for the e-readers for sure. that's very likely that we won't have to turn off the e-readers, as long as it's in airplane mode during takeoff and landing. and then some of these other lower emitting devices, we might be able to use them with a little more flexibility. that's after all, we're all carrying these devices, it's part of our lives. >> sure is. miles, great to have you on the program. thanks. >> pleasure. up next, explosive new details, the investigation into the murder of colorado prisons chief tom clements. what investigators found in the suspect's car, the same car involved ...