It will be there forever since it got stuck as a "offline" button. People go offline for many reasons and they look for a "plane" icon.
Since when did you see/use a diskette or a dot matrix printer? You use their icons.
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To be fair, printers today come in all shapes and sizes and don't necessarily look that different from the icons I see.
I disagree. I don’t see the point of having my phone waste battery searching for a cell signal. Airplane mode saves your battery.
I could just turn my phone off entirely but then I can’t listen to music.
For me it has nothing to do with aircraft safety.
Battery saver/low power mode does the same purpose for me and I can just turn off my cell signal if need be.
I use it at home. Preserves battery.
Believe it or not Vodafone will charge you for air and sea usage quite a lot. So be careful if you use them.
Last flight I was on had a no electronics at all rule
A person was told they couldn’t have their kindle out during the flight
Name and shame the airline.
I fly a lot for work, internationally most of the time. Haven't seen this in many years.
Air Canada - pre-covid though so that might be your many years
I flew many times with different airlines before that without this issue
fucking hell, I'd think about leaving because having to survive the rabid child always behind me, that guy over there coughing the entire flight, that lady next to me who immediately started snoring, and the bi hourly "buy our perfume" plane wide adnnouncements would be hell without headphones
the rabid child always behind me,
The one kicking the seat got to me on my last flight.
The plan was to inform the parent I used to be infantry and I was gonna start teaching his kid some new words if his kid didnt respect the airplane. But he clued in just in time.
Simple. Bring a record player. Spin it by hand.
Get yourself a Wind-up Victrola
Airplane mode isn't for them, its for me having a quiet moment.
A lot of things are annoying about flying but one of the top is when phones are ringing and beeping unanswered (or worse, answered) non-stop.
I think airplane mode is more for the sanity of the crew than anything having to do with safety any more.
If Airplanes were that sensitive to RF, terrorists would just be using that to down planes over major cities or during landings at airports.
Or they could just aim a directtv dish at a plane from a safe distance.
Think ya gotta scrape all that rust off first
Nah, adds flavor to the RF... Makes the airplane more likely to drool.
I remember once when I accidentally turned on my phone during a flight instantly the plane started to plummet out of the sky. The phone slipped out of my hands and I groped for it while people and service items flailed around the cabin as the plane tumbled. Finally I slipped out of my belt and grabbed it. With only 10,000 feet of altitude to spare, I finally managed to get the phone to go into shutdown mode by holding the power button down. The plane righted itself immediately, and I slipped the phone into my pocket quietly and kept a low profile for the rest of the flight.
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I was sitting across the aisle from you and saw the whole thing unfold. To be honest, no harm no foul so you're all good, however I'm just thankful those were the 3G days because with 5G airwaves I'm sure it would have been a faster drop.
The problem with the 5G phones is that they effect the thought waves of the pilots and put them into a deep dive trance. I can't blame them for wearing those tinfoil hats. Modern aviation is not what they taught in flight school.
That was close, wow. I really admire your composure in zero gravity.
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