About Those Rules On Electronic Devices Alec Baldwin is not alone. Like the actor, who was removed from a plane for playing Words With Friends on his phone last year, nearly a quarter of the 1,200 fliers surveyed by the discount travel site Airfarewatchdog.com said they do not comply with the request to turn off their electronic devices after the cabin doors close. According to the survey, released this month, almost 10 percent of respondents were seemingly unapologetic, saying they do not power down their gadgets even after hearing the announcement. A contrite 3 percent said they keep their devices on when they don't hear the announcement. Although it is often delivered in the same polite tone that flight attendants use when informing passengers of the cost of headsets and in-flight dining options, the request to turn off devices is in fact a regulation of the F.A.A., which says they may interfere with aircraft avionics. An F.A.A. spokeswoman recently told The New York Times that the agency was taking a "fresh look" at the use of portable electronic devices (not including cellphones) during taxi and takeoff. But for now, violators, including one Delta passenger recently reprimanded for filming a bird hit the engine with his iPad, risk ejection from the plane and a possible fine.