Originally Posted by
Mr Grumps
The fuselage is made to act like a giant earthed screen as in a screened cable. This stops interference going outwards which means it doesn't get to the antennas. It's this interference that causes the problems if any. All sensitive internal wiring is screened to keep out interference. Unless you've got 100 people in the flight deck all transmitting then all is hunky dory.
Oh ok. So will we be still be able to look out of the windows if they put foil over everything or will the Faraday cage work ok with the window blinds up? Maybe at the moment the reason my phone works is because my texts go out of the main doors or through the flight deck windscreen while we are still on the apron and the doors are open? I bet it must cost a packet to screen all the internal wiring though.