Did you know that if you turn on your cell phone during takeoff or landing on a commercial airline flight, the engines will spontaneously combust and the plane will drop from the sky like a brick? No? Well, that’s because I just made that up.

However, a similar falsehood has been dictating FAA gadget policy for years, and it’s equally frustrating. The myth is that using your cell phone or other electronic gadgets will interfere with the plane’s instruments.