The airlines own the aircraft so we should respect the rules under which we are permitted to fly with them - and no excuses.
I do however think that the danger is massively hyped, and if aircraft are that sensitive to the emanations of a mobile phone with extremely low power, flying in a spectrum which is saturated by many orders of magnitude more of transmissions from the ground, then they should be dropping out of the air every day.
Yes, I am an engineer with a communications background. I am more worried about a drunken pilot than a stray mobile phone.
Last edited by GrahamO; 11th Dec 2012 at 18:40.