Mobiles on planes
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I don't get it, I genuinely don't understand!
Sat across from a guy on a plane today. Hostess announces that all phones should now be in flight mode or off. Guy ignores this.
As they walk through the aisles the hostess tells him to turn it off, "sure" he says. But ignores it.
On her return trip she tells him again so he puts it in his pocket. 2 minutes later he's back on Facebook. Someone tells him to turn it off as we're going down the runway and he gives a dirty look, huff and puff and sticks it in his pocket.
Then while looking around I spot other people on their phones as well. Not kids either!
I am lost. You've been asked to turn it off, so do so. Just because you think it's harmless is irrelevant, you were requested to keep it off!
I'm sure that there is a PHer here that also doesn't turn their phone off on the plane despite being asked to, and would love to hear their reasoning for it! I genuinely want to understand their reasoning. To me, it's just simple courtesy to the crew and fellow passengers, so why not do it?
Sat across from a guy on a plane today. Hostess announces that all phones should now be in flight mode or off. Guy ignores this.
As they walk through the aisles the hostess tells him to turn it off, "sure" he says. But ignores it.
On her return trip she tells him again so he puts it in his pocket. 2 minutes later he's back on Facebook. Someone tells him to turn it off as we're going down the runway and he gives a dirty look, huff and puff and sticks it in his pocket.
Then while looking around I spot other people on their phones as well. Not kids either!
I am lost. You've been asked to turn it off, so do so. Just because you think it's harmless is irrelevant, you were requested to keep it off!
I'm sure that there is a PHer here that also doesn't turn their phone off on the plane despite being asked to, and would love to hear their reasoning for it! I genuinely want to understand their reasoning. To me, it's just simple courtesy to the crew and fellow passengers, so why not do it?
Rick101 said:
People ignore it because they are not given a good reason.
Surely being asked to turn it off by air staff should be enough reason? Why do people not ask the air steward for a valid reason if that is the case instead of saying they will turn it off then don't? Because they know they are in the wrong. Can people really not survive without their phone for a few hours?
I was on a flight from Dublin to Edinburgh. A flight that at most would be about 45 minutes to an hour. The guy sat next to me was never off his phone, texting or whatever. Phone in and out his pocket constantly. And then the plane had barely touched down in Edinburgh and he was taking a call as we were still taxiing along the runway. From what I heard of the conversation it wasn't anything that couldn't have waited until he was inside the terminal building.
It seems some folk just don't think the rules apply to them.
Rick101 said:
People ignore it because they are not given a good reason.
To me not wanting to risk dying in a plane crash is reason enough.I don't fly much but did recently and the same as the OP I was very surprised at a) how many people simply ignore the instructions and b) that given mobile phones are way more prevalent than they were when I last flew, asking 300 people to do something impacting safety still seems to be based on the "honour" system.
If one guy using facebook inside the fuselage is enough to stop a £300 million jumbo jet crammed full of state of the art electonics and avionics from performing it's sole duty of flying, then I'd love to know how it manages it when the airwaves around the entire plane are crammed full of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of telecommunication signals at any one time.
KingNothing said:
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hstewie said:
hstewie said: To me not wanting to risk dying in a plane crash is reason enough.
Pretty hyperbolic reason if you ask me, I always thought it was.If anyone chimes in who's an EMC or aircraft avionics expert fair enough, but in the meantime I'll assume they ask people to put things in flight-safe mode for a reason.
KingNothing said:
If one guy using facebook inside the fuselage is enough to stop a £300 million jumbo jet crammed full of state of the art electonics and avionics from performing it's sole duty of flying, then I'd love to know how it manages it when the airwaves around the entire plane are crammed full of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of telecommunication signals at any one time.
Or raise your issue with BA rather than ignoring it. That's disrespectful to the crew and passengers.You don't run a red light at 3 am even when you can see the road is clear so no accident will occur, so your logic doesn't hold.
Maybe the reason is so that, in the case of an emergency, the crew has your attention rather than you having your nose stuck in daily mail articles
KingNothing said:
If one guy using facebook inside the fuselage is enough to stop a £300 million jumbo jet crammed full of state of the art electonics and avionics from performing it's sole duty of flying, then I'd love to know how it manages it when the airwaves around the entire plane are crammed full of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of telecommunication signals at any one time.
The distance from the transmitter makes a huge difference. Now imagine how much interference 400 mobile phones can cause, especialy when they ramp up power when they can't find a phone mast. Planes systems cannot tested for every variety of transmitting device ever made, so they simply ask you to turn them off. Ignoring a safety request from the cabin crew should result in you being asked to leave the plane in my book.
Edited by 98elise on Saturday 8th April 15:31
Duke of Kidderminster said:
Or raise your issue with BA rather than ignoring it. That's disrespectful to the crew and passengers.
I don't, my phone goes off in my bag before I board anyway, can't be arsed fking about trying to put it away on the plane, and I don't want to sit with it in my pocket for the duration of the flight.KingNothing said:
If one guy using facebook inside the fuselage is enough to stop a £300 million jumbo jet crammed full of state of the art electonics and avionics from performing it's sole duty of flying, then I'd love to know how it manages it when the airwaves around the entire plane are crammed full of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of telecommunication signals at any one time.
exactly. the plane costs millions and has equipment that costs thousands. how is 1 persons mobile phone going to interfere with that? and an air steward saying to turn it off isn't much of a good reason to do so. I put mine into flight mode anyway cos I'm a decent human.People don't listen. the same happens when the plane has touched down, soon as it's down you hear dozens of clicks as people take their seat belt off even though they tell you to wait until it's properly stopped.
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