NZtechfreak: Well past time, I fly back from Wellington in a few weeks with AirNZ, good times!

killerteddy:

networkn: It's always been a strange thing really. If it was really that big of a deal, how come more planes don't crash when people "forget" :) 

It's not the electronic signals they worry about.
It's so people don't get distracted if an emergency occur during takeoff and landing.

Dingbatt:

NZtechfreak: Well past time, I fly back from Wellington in a few weeks with AirNZ, good times!

You'll notice that the B737 isn't on the list though. Hope you are traveling on an Airbus. Must be something to do with the age if the aircraft.

KiwiNZ: Thank goodness its fight mode won't have to put up with some gumboot shouting into the cellphone the whole way to Auckland

sbiddle:

KiwiNZ: Thank goodness its fight mode won't have to put up with some gumboot shouting into the cellphone the whole way to Auckland

You didn't when cellphones were allowed on planes for the 2 or so years Air NZ were offering the service and in the 90's and early 2000's when Air NZ actually had phones on each plane for people to use.

I think it's ironic that people are worried about phone usage on planes when for years airlines were obsessed by putting phone in every seat and promoting the ability to make a call from every seat!