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(VIdeo) Why Can't You Use Phones on Planes?
"Angry passengers create turbulence for the airlines." (www.youtube.com) Mais...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
If I understand how a cell phone works, it gets a signal from the closest tower and then passes you off to the next tower as you get close to it and then the next. So imagine leaving a place like Atlanta where five planes are taking off and landing every two minutes. Figure another 30 planes under 10,000 feet on approach or departure. That is about 4,350 phones (allowing for 125 passengers per plane). In the air, those phones could be trying to address multiple towers in all directions. This seems like it could potentially create an issue where the phones start skipping all over the grid trying to address all these available signals. A few phones that don't get turned off probably do not affect navigatioin, but if 4,000+ are getting signals from all directions and they are all skipping rapidly from tower to tower, is it possible that all these signals coming from many directions could affect the plane's navigation? And what havoc could this cause to the cell network? I don't know much about the technology, just trying to think about the logic of how they work. I fly twice a week, and listening to people talking on their phone while still at the gate is more than enough for me. Somehow we all managed to survive before cell phones were here. We can make it a few hours without them.
You know there are sat/phones?
On flights that have WiFi VoIP is banned. On American, the ban says "...out of consideration for other passengers."
That says it right there. The majority of people are kind and considerate, but just a few exercising their precious freedom to be obnoxious can nullify the majority. You've probably experienced the POS with his "ear mullet" or his dangling headset loudly broadcasting his blather. (I experienced one in an AA lounge that had people reacting like he had Ebola.) Imagine one by your seat, on your row, in your cabin -- imagine lots of them! And with booze on board!
No, it's not a matter of safety, just the airlines' acknowledgment that there are already enough ways for these jerks to be nuisances without giving them one more.
That says it right there. The majority of people are kind and considerate, but just a few exercising their precious freedom to be obnoxious can nullify the majority. You've probably experienced the POS with his "ear mullet" or his dangling headset loudly broadcasting his blather. (I experienced one in an AA lounge that had people reacting like he had Ebola.) Imagine one by your seat, on your row, in your cabin -- imagine lots of them! And with booze on board!
No, it's not a matter of safety, just the airlines' acknowledgment that there are already enough ways for these jerks to be nuisances without giving them one more.
Why did CEBUPACIFIC loose plane in Plilippines about 10 yrs ago ?? people were chatting untill sudden CRASH into hill KILLING ALL ON BOARD look it up DC9 / MD80 whatever
On flights ALL CELL PHONE must be in Flight Mode or OFF
UH, you can text already over wi-fi so who needs it, case closed
Even though I own a cell/smartphone, I abhor them. If it were not for the line of work I am in, I would not have one. I do find myself talking a bit louder (I might also be partly deaf too which does not help) when using it and see that is true for those around me who are using their phones. Still, I tend to limit the time I spend on the phone as if something is important, talk to me in person if possible. Do not text me, I had that feature turned off by my carrier.
Still, when I am flying, I do not want to be bothered as I am usually reading, or trying to catch up on some much needed sleep. While I do wear in-ear headphones, I can still hear people over the sound of the tunes I am listening to. I don't want to have to turn the sound up to deafening levels just to drown out the large number of passengers on a flight due to them needing to be communicating with someone 24/7 about stupid and meaningless life events that have no bearing on me, or the other 100 or so passengers on the plane I am flying in.
Leave the restrictions in place. I do not want to hear the inane and banal conversations of the narcissists who think the world revolves around them and no one else.
Still, when I am flying, I do not want to be bothered as I am usually reading, or trying to catch up on some much needed sleep. While I do wear in-ear headphones, I can still hear people over the sound of the tunes I am listening to. I don't want to have to turn the sound up to deafening levels just to drown out the large number of passengers on a flight due to them needing to be communicating with someone 24/7 about stupid and meaningless life events that have no bearing on me, or the other 100 or so passengers on the plane I am flying in.
Leave the restrictions in place. I do not want to hear the inane and banal conversations of the narcissists who think the world revolves around them and no one else.