I worry more about the people controling the plane than the use of cell phones on it.
“Is it really dangerous to use a cell phone on a plane?”
If you are sitting next to me it is.
If they really were dangerous, they wouldn't even allow them on board.
Just my humble opinion.
This is an absurd rule:Rules are for other people not me.Stupidity is the #1 killer.
Your phone is a transmit/send radio. Nothing more or less. The airplane's radios are shielded to prevent interference from the ones they use. It's not uncommon for some instrumentation like compasses, ADF's, and glideslopes to temporarily vanish from display for a few seconds when you key the microphone to speak. You really don't want that to happen from passengers talking on their radios(cellphones).
Think Ron Brown....................
I had always heard that this is done at the request of the cell phone providers since it causes problems as the plane moves across multiple cell phone towers.
I recall reading somewhere that the rule comes from a specific type of electronic equipment in a specific location on a specific model of plane. Here’s how I understand the story:
Once upon a time, consumer electronics were just barely at a point at which they were becoming portable enough to bring aboard a plane — portable TVs, for example. This was long before the FCC had regulations about electromagnetic emissions from such devices. Airplane pilots found that, on certain models of planes, if these devices were used by passengers who were seated in seats that ran near the plane’s communication equipment, there would be a slight buzzing effect audible in the conversations with control towers. As a precautionary measure, the FTA banned all electronics in all seats at all times, because of course that’s the reasonable response to such a circumstance.
From the article:
>>better safe than sorry<<
That excuse never flies with me. If people really believed that, they would never get into their cars for anything but the most critical travel. After all, better safe than sorry, right?
I have a friend who is a pilot for American. He tells me that pilots use their cellphones all the time during flight.
Also, look around the airport, there are always wireless towers, otherwise you wouldn’t get service in the airport.
IMO, the no cellphone rule on airplanes has always been about reducing passenger complaints. Who would want to be on an airplane with 300 people talking on their cellphone?
I worry more about the people controling the plane than the use of cell phones on it.
The reason why you're not supposed to use them in flight is when you're cruising at 30,000', your phone is going to transmit to several cells at once, and the system isn't designed to handle that.
The Cell Phone system is designed for line of sight, and the towers are rarely over 150' to 300' high, which limits the coverage area.
This restriction grew out of a case where a video game console being used by a kid on a chartered civil jet produced some frequencies that actually interfered with the glide slope receiver on the aircraft during an instrument approach. This is a bad thing. Especially during actual instrument conditions.
So just to be on the safe side, the FAA mandated restricting all electronic devices that could possibly produce electronic signals that might affect the avionics on board during climb out or approach. (Anytime you’re flying near the ground in an airplane, you want to pay extra attention.)
Practically speaking, when you use your phone while airborne, you’re swamping many cell phone towers at once. This overloads the system, and degrades performance for everyone.
Frankly, I’m sick and tired of boobs who think they are above the rules that are designed to give them the best chance of survival in an emergency. There actually are reasons for a lot of the rules.
Open your window shade for landing. You just might want to be able to see outside to avoid the post crash fire after impact.
Put your seat upright and stow your tray. You might just need to get out quickly, just like the person behind you.
Keep your seatbelt fastened and stay in your seat until the light goes off. Sudden stops have been known to happen while taxiing to the gate.
And you just might want to know where the life preserver is and how to put it on when ditching. And use the O2 system if the pressurization fails. And how to find an exit amid the panic typical in smoke-filled cabin.
Aviation emergencies are sudden and frequently fatal. There’s not a lot of time to bone up on the information on the card in the seat pocket when people are screaming and clawing to get out.
So it’s a good idea to at least pay some attention to the safety briefing, and allows others to listen as well.
Myth Busters did a segment on this and they could not find any reason why passengers could not use the cell phones....
Personally, I hope they never allow the use of cell phones during flights, I am so sick of hearing other peoples conversations.....
No service.
"Shut up, bitch!"
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1. I don’t like to travel with people screaming into their cell phones during the whole trip. Too much of this going on.
2. I will go with the FAA on this one. Don’t use your cell phone.
Does someone know if it is dangerous to use cell phones in hospitals? Surgery coming up and have been told I can’t use my cell phone.
But a few years ago, a pair of family members were the donor and recipient in a liver transplant and the rest of the family all used our cell phones in the hospital for days. The two patients did too once they recovered enough.
The hospital that did NOT make an issue of cell phones is much more advanced in technology etc.
Who here wants to be stuck in a cramped tube for hours listening to obnoxious cell phone users? Maybe if you’re lucky they’ll be really loud like they’re walking down the street.
The rule has nothing to do with safety.
The origional rule was issued by the FCC to everyone having an aircraft radio license.
The reason is that at altitude your cellphone signal is received by as many as 100 cell towers and they are all fighting for your signal wiping out many other ground calls.