Not wanting to open a whole can of worms here but your friend could have found out you were delayed by checking your flight info on the internet, on the phone or by teletext. Thats why the info is available, its a much more sensible way of informing people who are picking you up of your arrival time. My husband checks my arrival time every time im due to fly home in case of any unforeseen delays and to prevent him from worrying.
I appreciate that one call or text is quite unlikely to interfere with equipment but once you let one person use their phone you will have everyone using theirs as you cant have one rule for one and a different rule for another. It was my understanding that once the doors are closed the flight crew are in constant communication with the tower and the caa would not be at all happy about a planeful of pax on their mobiles. At the end of the day we are just doing our job and following the procedures we were taught in training.
Last edited by sukigirl; 24th August 2006 at 13:25.