bmi to trial mobile phone use in flight

[lexxity]

from sky news this morning


bmi to trial mobile phone use (http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-13442944,00.html)

(10points to the first one to spot the deliberate mistake:p)

[PTH needs tarmac]

Now that's an A320 with serious

l...........................e...........................g r............o...............o............m

...and I claim my 10 points.


One question. How do the radio waves from the phone know to go in the direction of the base station? I imagined that they were transmitted in all directions and would therefore reach all sections of the aircraft's systems whether there is a relay system in the cabin or not.

PTH

[goshdarnit]

There are already two threads on this topic - they seem to keep getting moved....