Plea For Common Sense and Decency II - Mobile Phones at Check In
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Christep
Let just do what the pilots/cabin crew/ground staff/airport staff say and what been trainned to them by the CAA and any other aviation authorities. Whilst my manual says the mobile phones off when etc etc blah blah blah
In the petrol station it says mobile phones should be switched off! Hence no one can ring you!
Another know-it-all paxs guys!
Let just do what the pilots/cabin crew/ground staff/airport staff say and what been trainned to them by the CAA and any other aviation authorities. Whilst my manual says the mobile phones off when etc etc blah blah blah
In the petrol station it says mobile phones should be switched off! Hence no one can ring you!
Another know-it-all paxs guys!
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Tiger,
I have not commented at all in this thread on the correctness or otherwise of the rule about mobile phones in aircraft. And yes, I do switch mine off.
However, if you genuinely switch off you mobile phone whenever you drive into a filling station then you are the first person I have ever come across who does so.
I have not commented at all in this thread on the correctness or otherwise of the rule about mobile phones in aircraft. And yes, I do switch mine off.
However, if you genuinely switch off you mobile phone whenever you drive into a filling station then you are the first person I have ever come across who does so.
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Well, Christep meet your first person who does switch their phone off when in a petrol station! "HI THERE!"
But there again I only have the thing with me when going to work and its switched off all the time. Only on when I want to make a call. When I`m out I`m out mate...like the old days...its fab. Try it.
But there again I only have the thing with me when going to work and its switched off all the time. Only on when I want to make a call. When I`m out I`m out mate...like the old days...its fab. Try it.
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Christep...
We may not have immediate proof that a mobile has caused any major accidents at a petrol station but if it is just a made up Urban Myth for the sake of Pprune (as a lot of things are here) why do all the Esso and Texaco stations in Ireland and Im sure the UK have a clear sign beside all petrol pumps advicing drivers to switch off all mobile phones before exiting their cars?
Sounds like a pretty expensive Urban Myth!!!
We may not have immediate proof that a mobile has caused any major accidents at a petrol station but if it is just a made up Urban Myth for the sake of Pprune (as a lot of things are here) why do all the Esso and Texaco stations in Ireland and Im sure the UK have a clear sign beside all petrol pumps advicing drivers to switch off all mobile phones before exiting their cars?
Sounds like a pretty expensive Urban Myth!!!
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Mobile phones can cause sparks the reason that domestic petrol stations have the sign is primarily to protect themselves legally should anything go wrong.
The concentrations of fumes are much lower than at a refinery, so they have to take things very much more seriously there.
Incidentally, someone said "do not switch off but do not USE". This is because the act of switching the phone on or off will cause it to transmit, thus the possibility of a spark. Best to leave the phone inside the car and untouched. If it is on your belt and you get out of the car - best to place it back inside the car.
If some other accident occurred on the forecourt, the CCTV would already have shown you with your mobile phone.
The concentrations of fumes are much lower than at a refinery, so they have to take things very much more seriously there.
Incidentally, someone said "do not switch off but do not USE". This is because the act of switching the phone on or off will cause it to transmit, thus the possibility of a spark. Best to leave the phone inside the car and untouched. If it is on your belt and you get out of the car - best to place it back inside the car.
If some other accident occurred on the forecourt, the CCTV would already have shown you with your mobile phone.
