ahp,
The evidence has been presented here that cellphones have caused interference with aircraft electrical equipment, including the post from 419 about the CAA investigation, aircraft igniters and there have been several reports of baggage compartment fire warnings being brought on by them.
So here's a scenario: you're flying VFR in your S76 on an offshore flight, you're 60 miles from the rig and 60 miles from land when suddenly, horror of horrors, the
AFT BAG SMOK[COLOR="Black"] warning comes up on the IIDS. Our company emergency checklist says that if the fire is not confirmed we are to land as soon as possible.
We get the passengers to hand over their mobile phones, make sure they're switched off, and they get them back when they arrive at their destination. Why take the chance? As has been said by many posters, are we so pathetic in our desire to stay connected at all times that we can't turn our phones off for a couple of hours? Soon we won't need brains - we'll just hook up our mobiles to what remains of our fried brain cells and someone else will do the thinking for us..............but what about when the network goes down?
