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During take-off one holiday, the pilot announced he could hear (distinctive) mobile phone interference through his headset.
Also, according to the CAA:
http://www.caa.co.uk/default.[....]ryid=3&pagetype=90&pageid=1347
Anyway, I'm glad they ban phones on planes. I get fed up of loud-mouthed people on buses and trains.
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Posted: 2005-08-23 04:43:15
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It isn't impossible nor is it all that harmful to the aircraft itself, but since it isn't allowed by most airlines I don't do it. Simple as that.
Quite frankly it is rather pleasant to be able to escape mobile phones for a while.
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Posted: 2005-08-23 05:21:29
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OK, my 10pence worth.
1) I also have heard the captain anounce loudly in the aircraft during takeoff, would people check their mobile phones, cos someone has NOT turned it off.
2) Just maybe you are right, but what the f**k gives you the right to test your theory with other peoples lives?
3) If flight mode was a waste of time effort and money, why bother putting it on a phone in the first place?
Sorry i'm not really Mr Angry, i hate rules more than most folk, aircraft manufacturers, and airlines are currently trying to introduce new systems to enable the use of mobile phones in flight, i for one hope they dont!
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Posted: 2005-08-23 05:22:51
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Would you try the same experiment in a hospital? There's sign everywhere in hospitals telling you to switch off your phone!
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Posted: 2005-08-23 05:25:32
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Yup, gasoline stations too!
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Posted: 2005-08-23 05:33:39
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all,
although the phone wont get any signal from the telco provider, it will keep on trying. the phone will keep on sending transmission packets over the air. this transmissions will create possibilities of interfering with aircraft navigation system. the possibilities is there! and like what murphy's law says : if it can happen, it will.
my 2 cents ....
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Posted: 2005-08-23 05:57:12
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Mobile phones will do very little to an aircraft, they have more potential to disrupt networks on the ground though. That isn't the point though, most airlines don't want you to use your mobile's radio functions, it's up to them and we should respect that.
Flight mode is a perfectly valid feature though, it allows one to listen to music or play games, etc on a device that one would otherwise be unable to use.
I fly several times each year and I can tell you that in-flight entrtainment does get a little tedious.
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Posted: 2005-08-23 07:14:52
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common, we arent using nokia 5110s anymore are we? Current cellphone standards have very low interference standards which are almost unfelt. So if ur captain announces that someone has his mobile switched on, relax, it's someone's poor ol' brick, not ur k750.
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Posted: 2005-08-23 08:37:38
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I'm normally a lurker on here, but I was so appalled at what I just read that I had to sign up.
Please, people, if you're not some kind of communications engineer, please don't offer descriptions of how a mobile phone communicates when out of range of a cell. Perhaps you know a little about GSM, but you probably don't know enough; and you probably don't know how it differs with other mobile phone standards.
Furthermore, if you're not well versed in aircraft safety, please don't offer advice on when it is safe to turn on a mobile phone on an aircraft. The announcement is serious, and will continue to be broadcast until such a time that they can be sure that mobile phones are safe to use during flight.
If the safety announcement says you must keep your mobile phone turned off for the entire flight, you must turn it off for the entire flight. Shame on you if you ignore this. You could be the one flight in a million that drops out of the sky.
The simple fact is that there are many mobile phone communications standards, worldwide, and they all have their differences. Until it is proven that all mobile phones do not interfere with aircraft systems, the safest thing to do is to make sure they are all off whilst the aircraft doors are shut. We can't expect the flight announcement to differentiate between types or ages of phone.
The flight mode of a mobile phone not only ensures that it never attempts to contact a cell, but it also ensures it never attempts to use bluetooth.
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Posted: 2005-08-23 18:41:49
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I have an airline pilot as a friend of mine and he says they can clearly hear the 'dit dit-dit dit dit' noise through their headsets and it can be extremely annoying and make communication difficult.
Your phone will boost itself to max power to try and get a signal making this effect worse.
So no, you won't make the plane fall out of the sky in a fireball of disaster, but you will be making the pilots life more difficult!!
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Posted: 2005-08-23 19:30:53
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