People used to complain about that actually. I remember hearing a radio debate on why phones should be allowed back in like 2005, and the counter arguments I can recall were:
• People hate having to listen to 1-sided conversations
• The phones were confusing the network - they would switch to a new cell tower every 15-30 seconds.
Both valid arguments if you ask me. Not sure if these complaints were drawn from reality or hypothetical problems - was there a period of time when you could actually use your phone on a plane? I'm pretty young so I don't remember back to the first cell phones.
>was there a period of time when you could actually use your phone on a plane? I'm pretty young so I don't remember back to the first cell phones.
There used to these cord phones in the seat in front of you above the food tray where you can pay $10 or whatever to make a call. I have never seen anyone use it though.
Would it be overly cynical of me to suspect that the original ban had something to do with the $5 charge for the seat back phone and the new policy has something to do with the $5 seat back wifi?
I would love the airlines to err on safety. By making the seats out of a fire resistant non-toxic foam, before they were made to after a series of accidents. By fitting smoke hoods nearly 50 years after is they were first recommended.
And by the FAA spending a 0.1% of what the TSA costs on weather radar at small airports .....
• People hate having to listen to 1-sided conversations
• The phones were confusing the network - they would switch to a new cell tower every 15-30 seconds.
Both valid arguments if you ask me. Not sure if these complaints were drawn from reality or hypothetical problems - was there a period of time when you could actually use your phone on a plane? I'm pretty young so I don't remember back to the first cell phones.