Another Airplane Incident

Hello,

We changed planes in Denver on our way to Salt Lake. Everything was fine, but then as we got in line to take off there was a little beep. The guy sitting next to Leroy had something in his hands. Could he be playing games even though the announcement had come that all electronics were to be turned off? Soon there was another beep and the phone was clearly visible.

Do you suppose it really makes that much difference? A guy sitting across the aisle told him to turn it off.

“It is none of your business,” the game player said as he continued.
They exchanged a few more heated words when the guy across the aisle called the flight attendant who was already seated and buckled up for take off. We were about third in line.

“If this is a real emergency,” she announced over the speaker, “press the button again.”

The button was pressed again and the attendant rapidly came back to us.

“What is the problem?” she asked.

“He is still playing games,” our reported said.

“That is not a real emergency when we are ready to take off. A heart attack or some other serious health issue is,” she said tersely as she turned to the game player who had slipped his phone into the seat pocket, “It should be turned off

She went back up and sat down, announcing that, “It is FFA regulations that all electronic equipment must be turned off for take off and landing.”

After that our game player put his head back, closed his eyes and appeared to be sleeping for the rest of the flight.

Paula