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Phones definitely have zero influence on the plane, I think it's more motivated by the same reasons as a movie theater, to discourage use of electronics in gene
by xster 15y ago
Phones definitely have zero influence on the plane, I think it's more motivated by the same reasons as a movie theater, to discourage use of electronics in general and prevent a bunch of people confined in a small space to get on each other's nerves, especially when babies and people with phobia of flights could be more unnerved by a ringtone during landing than missing a line of dialog in a movie.
- yread 15y agoPhones definitely have non-zero influence on the plane http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAPAP2003_03.PDF http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAPAP2003_03.PDF Please, read at least the executive summary
- sogrady 15y agoAssuming that's true - there's evidence the other way, of course - the question is why devices are permitted on board at all. If there's even a possibility that an active device can interfere with navigation and/or operation, the policy should presumably that they not be permitted on planes at all. Because apart from those actively disobeying as in the OP, there are countless more who forget to turn their devices off.
- dkersten 15y agoThen why can you turn most of these devices back on after takeoff? Also, if that were the case, they should ban babies too - they can be way way more irritating than the average phone ringtone.