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> It’s actually an FCC regulation that requires it I don't believe you. Regardless, I have never used airplane mode on an airplane and I never will.
by NavinF 4y ago
> It’s actually an FCC regulation that requires it
I don't believe you. Regardless, I have never used airplane mode on an airplane and I never will.
- samdcbu 4y agoIn 2013 the FCC started a regulatory preceding to evaluate allowing the use of mobile phones on airplanes, because currently there is an FCC regulation prohibiting cellular mobile phone use while a plane is in the air. in 2013 the FCC also said there were no technical reasons to prohibit their use in flight. But the preceding was ended in 2020 with no rule-making because of opposition from pilots and flight attendants.
- FireBeyond 4y ago47 CFR 22.925. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/22.925#:~:text=Cellular%20telephones%20installed%20in%20or,aircraft%20must%20be%20turned%20off https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/22.925#:~:text=Cellu....
- NavinF 4y agoThanks, TIL. I guess I'll continue to ignore that law :)
- hacym 4y agoYou don’t follow it so there isn’t an FCC regulation? Cool guy.
- NavinF 4y ago"Regardless" implies that I will not follow such a silly law even if it turns out to be real.