Aircraft turns back over on-board phone use
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Aircraft turns back over on-board phone use
Seems like this young man has found out the cost of being pig-headed.
United Airlines flight turns back over passenger's mobile phone use
United Airlines flight turns back over passenger's mobile phone use
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hahahaha hahaha hahaha
100% support for the airline on that one. Hard-ball rules are totally appropriate in this case. I would hope a life-time ban by UA and the fuel bill for the turn-back as well.
"Four American air security agents intervened." That must have been some fight. Was it a VERY important phone call? Was the passenger in some way "under the influence of [insert substance here]?" Or was it just the arrogance of youth?
100% support for the airline on that one. Hard-ball rules are totally appropriate in this case. I would hope a life-time ban by UA and the fuel bill for the turn-back as well.
"Four American air security agents intervened." That must have been some fight. Was it a VERY important phone call? Was the passenger in some way "under the influence of [insert substance here]?" Or was it just the arrogance of youth?
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Somewhat misleading title/subject, don't you think? From reading the article, it seems as though the flight turned back because
which I'd call an unruly passenger. Not so much the phone call itself.
A fight broke out
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Excellent.
I was on a LH flight once, on departure from FRA. A Frenchman was using his 'phone during the taxi out. CC asked him twice to stop, in English and in French. He ignored them and carried on talking.
After a couple of minutes the 'plane stopped, a small grey green vehicle drew up, the doors opened, and on came four armed Bundesgrenzschutzpolizei (sorry if the spelling is not correct). They went straight to him, and carried him off. He was last heard saying : "I will never fly Lufthansa again ....", to which one of the CC replied : "zis is correct sir, you vill never be allowed to fly wiz Lufthansa or any Cherman airline again. Goodbye."
Loud applause throughout the aircraft.
I was on a LH flight once, on departure from FRA. A Frenchman was using his 'phone during the taxi out. CC asked him twice to stop, in English and in French. He ignored them and carried on talking.
After a couple of minutes the 'plane stopped, a small grey green vehicle drew up, the doors opened, and on came four armed Bundesgrenzschutzpolizei (sorry if the spelling is not correct). They went straight to him, and carried him off. He was last heard saying : "I will never fly Lufthansa again ....", to which one of the CC replied : "zis is correct sir, you vill never be allowed to fly wiz Lufthansa or any Cherman airline again. Goodbye."
Loud applause throughout the aircraft.
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If they did that here in the Middle East no plane would ever get to it's destination .....
On a flight last week between Doha and Bahrain the guy next to me was using two mobile phones all through taxi, take off and climb. I asked him four times to switch them off but he just ignored me until I spilled my orange juice all over his sparkling white dish dash
On a flight last week between Doha and Bahrain the guy next to me was using two mobile phones all through taxi, take off and climb. I asked him four times to switch them off but he just ignored me until I spilled my orange juice all over his sparkling white dish dash
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Switch them off
A possible solution to on-board mobile phone use at inopportune times is to install one or more universal microcell transmitter/receivers. The basic technology would be that proposed for authorised in-flight mobile phone access, where the radiated power is high enough to capture any phone on the aircraft that happens to be switched on, but low enogh to avoid interferene with the aircraft electronics.
Such a system could cut off all communication between on-board phones and the outside world. It could go further and discover any phones that happened to be switched on but not in use. With two cells, it would probably be possible to locate such phones to the seat row, but probably not to an individual seat. Further refinements could include calling all switched-on phones that are inactive with a demand that they be switched off.
This should be a patentable invention. If anyone has already patented it, then I apologise to the rest of the world for possibly leading them into a violation of patent rights. If it is not already patented, then its too late for anyone to make a valid claim. The idea is now in the public domain.
Such a system could cut off all communication between on-board phones and the outside world. It could go further and discover any phones that happened to be switched on but not in use. With two cells, it would probably be possible to locate such phones to the seat row, but probably not to an individual seat. Further refinements could include calling all switched-on phones that are inactive with a demand that they be switched off.
This should be a patentable invention. If anyone has already patented it, then I apologise to the rest of the world for possibly leading them into a violation of patent rights. If it is not already patented, then its too late for anyone to make a valid claim. The idea is now in the public domain.
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He was last heard saying : "I will never fly Lufthansa again ....", to which one of the CC replied : "zis is correct sir, you vill never be allowed to fly wiz Lufthansa or any Cherman airline again. Goodbye."
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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.
They fly on every aircraft I have ever been on.
6. I am going to stand in the aisle and spend 10 minutes putting my bag in the overhead so that nobody else can get on the aircraft.
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.
They fly on every aircraft I have ever been on.
6. I am going to stand in the aisle and spend 10 minutes putting my bag in the overhead so that nobody else can get on the aircraft.
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It does happen! I used to fly a great deal around Europe (less so now) I was always diligent about switiching off my phone before boarding. (for one thing it gave me a couple of hours peace). Then one day of course I forgot. We were on the taxi out of the apron at Clermont Ferrand, when my secretary called me. I closed the call immediately but judging by the reactions of my fellow passengers, I had contracted some highy infectious disease and was about to spread the germs throughout the cabin. They had never done anything wrong - ever, of course. I am not sure the crew even noticed, they certainly didn't say anything. Somewhat remarkably, I was allowed to fly with Air Littoral again.
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I can tell you that they cause interference in the headsets so perhaps those who are glued to them should provide evidence that they do not interfere with other aircraft kit.
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Have a nice long [and inconclusive] read ... HERE
Personally, I'd sooner be 100% safe and at the same time avoid having to listen to twittering 'phone conversations from the people around me.
Personally, I'd sooner be 100% safe and at the same time avoid having to listen to twittering 'phone conversations from the people around me.
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Accidentally left my phone on in the flightdeck of an Airbus a few years ago - it was very obvious over the headset and radio. Whoops.
It may or may not interfere with navaids, but I'm not going to take that risk, particularly when it is annoying to hear it pulsating over the headset anyway.
It may or may not interfere with navaids, but I'm not going to take that risk, particularly when it is annoying to hear it pulsating over the headset anyway.
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If it does that to an inaminate object like a pc monitor, I don't even want to think about what it could do to an aircraft navigation system.
Just turn the damned things off? I see the girlies at my gym at 6a.m nattering away whilst blitzing the treadmill - there's no way that call needs to happen, turn the fu*king thing off
Just turn the damned things off? I see the girlies at my gym at 6a.m nattering away whilst blitzing the treadmill - there's no way that call needs to happen, turn the fu*king thing off
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Mobile Phones do cause interference. My captain also kept his phone on until push back, in case of late message from operations, then would turn it off and drop it in his flight bag. Well you can guess what happened. One flight he dropped it in his bag and promptly put another binder inside his bag turning the phone back on. All throughout the flight we kept hearing the phone searching for a cell tower. Really irritating over the headset in the cockpit. Thank goodness, the captain had to get something later out of the bag and found the phone on.