Something people seem to miss every time this comes up.. every airline I've seen this on (Qantas, Emirates, Cathay Pacific, American Airlines, etc).. require yo

Something people seem to miss every time this comes up.. every airline I've seen this on (Qantas, Emirates, Cathay Pacific, American Airlines, etc).. require you to enable receiving messages before someone can send you a message. Thus you can't just randomly message any seat on the plane until they turn it on.