Aircraft turns back over on-board phone use
.........Really irritating over the headset in the cockpit
If Security can find 11 cc of toothpaste to confiscate, finding a Mobile phone can hardly be a challenge, ban the bl**dy things off aircraft altogether will be my first act - when I'm World Dictator ( plus Taser zapping all those idiots who stand with toes against the baggage belt, so that those behind can't see, never mind collect, their bags !! )
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One of the reasons, besides safety, to ban all mobile phone usage on board is that one of the main pleasures of flying is not having to listen to stupid loud conversations you are not interested in! An aircrat should not be like a bus!
Now a question: If a passenger is using their phones, say, after take off, and I (as a fellow paying passenger) take the damned thing from him and remove the batteries... Is the law going to be on my side? Am I liable for theft? or assault? or is it considered as an act of self defence, or safeguarding the general safety? Would it be regarded as a kind of "citizen's arrest"?
Now a question: If a passenger is using their phones, say, after take off, and I (as a fellow paying passenger) take the damned thing from him and remove the batteries... Is the law going to be on my side? Am I liable for theft? or assault? or is it considered as an act of self defence, or safeguarding the general safety? Would it be regarded as a kind of "citizen's arrest"?
No, you'd be hammered. The law always protects the victim - you. Just like you'd get hammered if you killed someone one night with the shotgun you keep by the door if you discovered them driving off in your car that they had just stolen from your drive.
It's said that one shouldn't take the Law into ones' own hands.
What would the Law do to prevent ones' car being stolen from ones' private property ?
What would the Law do to prevent ones' car being stolen from ones' private property ?
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Where I work, I don't think anyone follows instructions to turn off the phone, have been operating aircraft with mobile phones now for about 22 years now with no ill effect, but this story is about following UAL's regulations and more importantly following the flight crew's instructions, he needs to be banned.
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Originally Posted by Two-Tone-Blue
HAWK, the world is full of these people.
1. I am an important businessman, and must keep talking to my company.
2. I am a teenager in love, and I will lose her if I don't text every 15 minutes.
3. I am rich, and airline rules don't apply to me.
4. I am [insert National character here] and therefore don't care anyway.
5. I am really VERY stupid.
1. I am an important businessman, and must keep talking to my company.
2. I am a teenager in love, and I will lose her if I don't text every 15 minutes.
3. I am rich, and airline rules don't apply to me.
4. I am [insert National character here] and therefore don't care anyway.
5. I am really VERY stupid.
6. I am going to keep my phone switched on because no "Flying Waitress" is going to tell me what to do.
Vld1977So.. you would kill someone driving away with your car if the law allowed you to, am I wrong?
Remember that old Bumper Sticker ? " You Toucha My Car I Breaka Your Face "
This is off thread anyway, sorry, that was my fault. Goodbye.
