Was yesterday on an Easyjet flight into ZHR and I have been witness to an unusual procedure.
There was some fog on the ground and the cabin crew announced that as it was to be a (daytime) "low visibility landing" all electronic equipment had to be turned off - no flight mode, no Kindle,
all off. They then proceeded with a relative thorough cabin wide check to enforce this.
Once on the ground after what seemed a fairly routine landing (there was fog but visibility was not terrible - say 500 ft ?) they insisted that all that equipment should remain off until arrival to the gate, as the aircraft was to taxi "with electronic Navaid".
- Is this SOP (never witnessed it, probably 200 Easyjet flight over the past 3 years) ?
- Any details about ground taxi navigation aids ?!