Timeline for Can I stop a fellow passenger from using their cell phone during take off?
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| S Nov 20, 2016 at 18:57 | history | mod moved comments to chat | |||
| S Nov 20, 2016 at 18:57 | comment | added | Ankur Banerjee | Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 10:13 | comment | added | Michael Hampton | The worst that can happen is this and of course it's an easily solved problem, so the mobile phone ban is not because of anything that would affect the safety of the flight. | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 2:52 | comment | added | matty | I've actually been on certain international flights where you're not just permitted to use your phone (and Wi-Fi), they actually supply an on-board roaming phone transmitter and Wi-Fi internet service. So these restrictions seem to be fairly quickly going away. | |
| Feb 1, 2016 at 22:15 | comment | added | rupps | anyway, my humble contribution is, if the flight attendants require you to turn off the phone, you should turn off the phone, period, regardless of your opinions wether it can or not interfere with the aircraft operation. I can't understand why passengers don't behave properly. | |
| Feb 1, 2016 at 17:31 | comment | added | Wayne Werner | I know many people who have left their cell phones on during flight, accidentally or otherwise. For the safety of your family? Fly directly to your destination and forget about the taxi ;) | |
| Feb 1, 2016 at 15:09 | history | edited | JoErNanO♦ |
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| Feb 1, 2016 at 14:19 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | I look at it this way - if there were any chance at all that a cell phone signal could interfere with the safe operation of an aircraft, you simply wouldn't be allowed to carry them on a plane. They can't just trust that 200+ people (who might not all even speak the same language) will all turn them off properly just because they're told to. There are good reasons to turn them off (etiquette to fellow passengers, not spamming cell towers with signals, etc.), but none of them have anything to do with the safety of the aircraft. | |
| Jan 31, 2016 at 6:14 | comment | added | Burhan Khalid | Forget the safety part, it is just inconsiderate when sitting in close proximity to have a conversation on the phone. You may be disturbing the other passenger. A flight is one place where I am happy that everyone is forced to "unplug". | |
| Jan 30, 2016 at 23:21 | comment | added | Keith M | One thing that you might not be aware of @happybuddha is that even the PILOTS use cell phones and related devices during takeoff. My dad who travels a lot has seen the pilot and/or co-pilot using a cellphone before | |
| Jan 29, 2016 at 18:02 | comment | added | user23030 | @fkraiem "Captain, the passenger in 23A won't get off his cell phone!" PA: "Attention passenger in seat 23A, this is your captain speaking. The aircraft has just passed V1 and so help me if you don't get off that cell phone right this instant I'm going to ditch this bird in the Hudson!" | |
| S Jan 28, 2016 at 20:03 | history | suggested | Brian | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 28, 2016 at 5:10 | comment | added | user2338816 | If your safety is the primary concern, it is far safer for you to ignore and forget about it than to say anything to the other passenger or any of the crew. Though irritating the other passenger by complaining carries only s slight risk, it's still a greater risk than the cell call is to you or the aircraft. | |
| Jan 28, 2016 at 1:20 | answer | added | Citizen | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 23:38 | answer | added | Count Iblis | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 22:37 | answer | added | Lemuel Gulliver | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 20:37 | comment | added | reirab | Also, as mentioned in this answer on Aviation.SE, at least in the U.S., the FCC is considering removing the rule against using cellular devices in flight, as the previously-mentioned concerns don't affect newer cell networks nearly as much as the older ones. | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 20:34 | comment | added | reirab | See also on aviation.SE: Instrument landing: why do all electronic devices need to be shut off?, Why aren't cell phones allowed to be used in aircraft?, and Can I use cellular data to receive in-flight weather on my iPad? (note that this question is regarding pilots' usage of cellular data, not passengers.) | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 20:30 | comment | added | reirab | Note: While the electronic device usage ban during critical flight phase (i.e. taxi, takeoff, and approach/landing) of years past was indeed due to flight safety concerns, the ban on cell phone usage in flight isn't. That regulation is designed to protect the cell network from being bombarded by phones pinging hundreds of towers at once and handing off between towers every few seconds, not to protect the aircraft. | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 20:16 | comment | added | Pikamander2 | @blackbird57 - It's easy to see why they wouldn't comply, since the instructions are disruptive and (mostly) pointless. I would say that it's more irritating to see people get so worked up over counterproductive rules. | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 19:13 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackTravel/status/692425202882469892 | ||
| Jan 27, 2016 at 18:54 | answer | added | Andrew Lazarus | timeline score: 18 | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 17:26 | answer | added | copper.hat | timeline score: 27 | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 17:20 | answer | added | ThunderGuppy | timeline score: 15 | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 15:23 | answer | added | Nean Der Thal | timeline score: 83 | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 15:16 | answer | added | Dmitry Grigoryev | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 14:49 | answer | added | Byron Jones | timeline score: 29 | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 14:33 | comment | added | David Z | This seems like a hybrid of two questions: (1) what, if anything, should be done to ensure your own safety when another passenger is using their phone, and (2) if you assume that something does need to be done about the other passenger's phone use, what can you as a passenger do about it? The title describes #2 only, but the body seems to be more about #1, as is the existing answer. Perhaps it would be better to change the title accordingly? (I'd edit but I'm not sure if this would be considered too drastic) | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 14:00 | comment | added | fkraiem | "The flight attendants were aware. That is all that is needed." Yup, if this was a real problem, they would have made damn sure the cellphone usage stopped. | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 12:41 | comment | added | Kate Gregory | The flight attendants were aware. That is all that is needed. | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 12:36 | answer | added | Olielo | timeline score: 111 | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 12:23 | history | asked | happybuddha | CC BY-SA 3.0 |