As I originally said it’s a load of crap, however, you still don’t go aboard a airplane, and not abide by the rules. I’m really surprised that he wasn’t greeted with guns and tanks. In todays world, a airport is the last place you wanna find yourself causing a scene. They don’t really have a sense of humor there anymore, and personally, I can’t blame them. It’s for everyones good.

Just out of curiousity can you recall who wrote the article? I worked at Boeing for a few years routing and protecting wire bundles from EMI. The cell phone signals are also broadcast outside the plane, where the antennas are.

No it is not quite a load of crap. The planes cables are shielded and protected, but the planes are not being inspected as they should be. Planes had to be grounded due to excess chafing on the wire bundles. If the shields are worn through or defective, it could conceivably send it could interfer with landing and take off equipment.( VOR, ILS, comms etc.)

“ The Federal Aviation Administration bars use of mobile phones
when planes are flying due to concerns about interference with
navigation systems.” That’s a load of crap. They ban the use of cellphones, so you’ll use their “in-flight” phones, and be forced to pay the extremely outrageous costs associated with the use of their phones.