FCC and the FAA

I've never once turned off my phone on any flight that I've personally done. About the only nuisance I've ever noticed is the noise you get in your headset when the phone is trying to connect with a tower and that was only with the phone right next to the headset cord. I say let them stay on.

I turn it off when riding however. Mainly be cause they ask and also I don't know what wires are running near me, and I doubt the pilots want to listen to my phone trying to grab a tower...
 
UAL747400 said:
I've never once turned off my phone on any flight that I've personally done. About the only nuisance I've ever noticed is the noise you get in your headset when the phone is trying to connect with a tower and that was only with the phone right next to the headset cord. I say let them stay on.

I turn it off when riding however. Mainly be cause they ask and also I don't know what wires are running near me, and I doubt the pilots want to listen to my phone trying to grab a tower...
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I put it in airplane mode on my own flights just because it drains the battery so quickly if I don't.
 
Listening to some • yack loudly on their cellphone is near the very bottom of my list of things to do for 3 hours in the cattle car.
 
Roger Roger said:
Listening to some yack loudly on their cellphone is near the very bottom of my list of things to do for 3 hours in the cattle car.
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Totally, but the highest I've gotten good enough cell phone reception to make a call is about 2500 AGL in flat country. This is on Verizon no less. In the mountains, below the peaks, PERFECT signal, for better or worse. :) I agree though, BUT, I doubt anyone will be yapping on their phones the entire flight. Unless they put a repeater on the plane, which would be dumb.
 
I think what people are wondering is why pilots can use iPads and stuff during these phases of flight when everyone else has to turn them off. I just think this ban is in place because the FAA wants everyone's undivided attention during landing and take off where stuff can go wrong quickly where people need to be paying attention the most.
 
deadpixel said:
I think what people are wondering is why pilots can use iPads and stuff during these phases of flight when everyone else has to turn them off. I just think this ban is in place because the FAA wants everyone's undivided attention during landing and take off where stuff can go wrong quickly where people need to be paying attention the most.
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This is a very good point, but what about the fat people that I am going to have to climb over during an evacuation?
 
Roger Roger said:
Listening to some yack loudly on their cellphone is near the very bottom of my list of things to do for 3 hours in the cattle car.
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THANK GOD they aren't going to look at cell phone usage!


The FAA will be holding a working group to investigate gadgets on planes, but cell phone use will not be reviewed.
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Finally, the FAA is getting something right.
 
I think Emirates allows people to chat on their cell phones now. I cant tell you enough how annoyed I get watching people on their phones at the register as they order their vente, chai tea lattes at Starbucks. At least I have control of that situation.
 
Having "dont be a douchebag" rules for passengers is the airline's issues... the FAA needs to quit with the BS about interference, nobody with half a brain believes that crap and it lowers their credibility when they need to make a statement about something else.
 
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