fairm010 Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 I have managed to get some time off and am jetting to Tenerife in June but I was wondering what the current laws if any are about using an iPad on the flight? Just watching films that sort of stuff. Obviously i'd put it in 'Flight Mode' but does that satisfy airlines? Matt
Dos_Box Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 All of the flights I took last year had no problems with it. Even in the US! You can't use it during take off and landings of course, however pretty much everyone I saw was using them to watch movies on. Not surprising on American Airline flights TBH. As Shaun accurately put it 'It's like flying in the 80's!'
fairm010 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Posted March 28, 2013 Thanks Dos_Box, I couldn't see there being an issue with it but I remember trying to watch a film on my iPhone (Anything was better than Marley & Me) on my way to Egypt a while ago they told me off! Matt
X-13 Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 You can't use it during take off and landings of course IIRC, the FAA are reconsidering that.
jamesfed Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 I fly up to Newcastle each month with my Surface RT and Xbox 360 controller out playing hydro thunder on the plane (flight mode on and everything away during take off and landing) with no issues 1
synaesthesia Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 Some people including hospitals/GP surgeries are silly for this. I had a go at mine when I was playing soduku whilst waiting (a considerable length of time after my appointment was due) and I had to be insistent that it was in flight mode (unnecessarily IMO) which actuallys renders them safer from what they perceive to be a problem than when a phone is physically turned off.
FN-GM Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 You can't use it during take off and landings of course Depends on the country some airlines allow you to do that. Apart from not using it during take off and landing there are not any laws really.
Dos_Box Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) Thanks Dos_Box, I couldn't see there being an issue with it but I remember trying to watch a film on my iPhone (Anything was better than Marley & Me) on my way to Egypt a while ago they told me off! Matt Out of interest, which airline is that? I flew down to Spain a couple of years back on a budget flight who tried to make me turn off my Android phone whilst I was watching movies. It wasn't for safety reasons, they simply wanted to try and sell people stuff throughout the flight! Edited March 28, 2013 by Dos_Box
fairm010 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Posted March 28, 2013 The flight to Egypt? Was a company called er... JetBlu or Blu something like that. I remember they went bust shortly after my flight home. Very Very budget! I do remember headphones were nearly £5! A can of Coke was just as much! Matt
X-13 Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 they simply wanted to try and sell people stuff throughout the flight! I think that's the only reason they do it anyway. It's the same with hospitals. Emirates don't care if you use your phone, allegedly.
FN-GM Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 The flight to Egypt? Was a company called er... JetBlu or Blu something like that. I remember they went bust shortly after my flight home. Very Very budget! I do remember headphones were nearly £5! A can of Coke was just as much! Matt Was is Jet2? JetBlue is a USA based airline
fairm010 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Posted March 28, 2013 Was is Jet2? JetBlue is a USA based airline I don't think so, Jet2 look to still be in business. Also they're a Leeds based airline, I flew from Gatwick to Sharm. Thats really going to bug me now! Matt
elsiegee40 Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 My husband, who has flown something like a million miles in the last two years, routinely uses his iPad on the plane. It has to be switched off during take off and landing. British Airways use them in Business Class on some of their less modern planes instead of the in flight entertainment system.
Dom_ Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 I forgot to turn my phone off on a recent virgin flight, and got a text through during takeoff: "Welcome onboard. You can now use your mobile phone. Remember to use the county code e.g. +44. Please set your phone to vibrate. Thank you." This was a virgin flight from Manchester to Las Vegas.
fairm010 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Posted March 28, 2013 British Airways use them in Business Class on some of their less modern planes instead of the in flight entertainment system. Reminds me of Top Gear strapping an iPad to their creations as "Navigation"!
fairm010 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Posted March 28, 2013 I forgot to turn my phone off on a recent virgin flight, and got a text through during takeoff: "Welcome onboard. You can now use your mobile phone. Remember to use the county code e.g. +44. Please set your phone to vibrate. Thank you." This was a virgin flight from Manchester to Las Vegas. They could use that kind of tech in Cinemas & Hospitals surely?
AngryTechnician Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) A few airlines are trialling picocells with their own uplink (usually via satellite). Sounds like that Virgin plane was one of them. If I remember correctly, the real technical barrier to using phones on aircraft is not interference but the speed at which the phone will hop between ground-based cell towers. Also when I was visiting a hospital in-patient ward a few weeks ago, there were still signs on the door saying 'Turn of mobiles' but most of the patients had a mobile and when we actually asked the staff they said it was fine on that ward. I think they are a bit stricter in intensive care. Edited March 28, 2013 by AngryTechnician
fairm010 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Posted March 28, 2013 A few airlines are trialling picocells with their own uplink (usually via satellite). Sounds like that Virgin plane was one of them. If I remember correctly, the real technical barrier to using phones on aircraft is not interference but the speed at which the phone will hop between ground-based cell towers. Also when I was visiting a hospital in-patient ward a few weeks ago, there were still signs on the door saying 'Turn of mobiles' but most of the patients had a mobile and when we actually asked the staff they said it was fine on that ward. I think they are a bit stricter in intensive care. Is that expensive tech? What stops other places using it such as cinemas? rather than those cheesy kevin bacon clips.
FN-GM Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 I don't think so, Jet2 look to still be in business. Also they're a Leeds based airline, I flew from Gatwick to Sharm. Thats really going to bug me now! Matt Sorry didn't see they had gone bust I forgot to turn my phone off on a recent virgin flight, and got a text through during takeoff: "Welcome onboard. You can now use your mobile phone. Remember to use the county code e.g. +44. Please set your phone to vibrate. Thank you." This was a virgin flight from Manchester to Las Vegas. I left mine on for a Singapore flight. When i checked later on i got a text message saying "Welcome to Afghanistan". My phone must have picked up a signal flying over.
fairm010 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Posted March 28, 2013 LOL! You get a welcome to Afghanistan text! I must witness this Matt
Arthur Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 IIRC, the FAA are reconsidering that. I wonder if only Kindles will be allowed? www.marco.org/2013/03/24/mf-kindles-on-this-mf-plane According to people who work with an industry working group that the Federal Aviation Administration set up last year to study the use of portable electronics on planes, the agency hopes to announce by the end of this year that it will relax the rules for reading devices during takeoff and landing. The change would not include cellphones. Last year, the agency announced that an industry working group would study the issue. The group, which first met in January, comprises people from various industries, including Amazon, the Consumer Electronics Association, Boeing, the Association of Flight Attendants, the Federal Communications Commission and aircraft makers.
fairm010 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Posted March 28, 2013 I wonder if only Kindles will be allowed? www.marco.org/2013/03/24/mf-kindles-on-this-mf-plane Well that's annoying! Matt
CHR1S Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 I think they are a bit stricter in intensive care. When my mom was in Critical Care over xmas, when we visited there were no restrictions over mobile phones. Her nurse even gave us her mobile number so we could talk to her directly in bed.
jamesfed Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 I saw a BBC thingy a while back about the whole 'do not use anything during take off/landing' and they deduced that mobile devices couldn't kick out enough of anything to interfere with cockpit equipment. The thing that they did say though (and I agree) that the take off/landing is when the plane is at its most venerable and if something were to go wrong surely the passengers should be ready to react and not fiddling with their mobiles/headsets.
sidewinder Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 LOL! You get a welcome to Afghanistan text! I must witness this Matt I once got about 5 different 'welcome to' texts on a flight to Mumbai and I left my phone on. As for not using during takeoff and landing...I just switch it off when a steward(ess) walks past, then put it back on again
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