New announcement I've never heard
Oct 20, 2014, 7:56 am
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New announcement I've never heard
Was on my flight back to ATL from ORD yesterday and after closing door, FA made announcement that software was detecting 5 devices not in airplane mode. My thought is she was trying to make sure that people turn phones/ipads to airplane mode. Guy next to me freaked out that they could tell that phones not on airplane. Anybody else heard this announcement?
Oct 20, 2014, 8:02 am
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FA's sometimes make such claims to try and gain compliance - why not it sometimes works. As we approached the gate once I heard a FA announce that her "board" showed 17 people has unfastened their seat belts and that they needed to buckle back up.
Oct 20, 2014, 9:43 am
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Oct 20, 2014, 10:23 am
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Before airplane mode was allowed, I heard the same story along the lines of "our equipment in the cockpit shows XX cell phones are still not shut off" every few months out of ATL. I'm sure a few people turned theirs off as a result....
Waiting for the holiday season rollout of "Our Elf on the Shelf told us that...."
Waiting for the holiday season rollout of "Our Elf on the Shelf told us that...."
Oct 20, 2014, 10:37 am
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I'm not 100% sure if they still behave this way, but don't iOS phones (and some Android ones as well) automatically connect to any available wifi network? The gogo WAP would see X number of devices trying to connect. Of course, airplane mode doesn't turn off wifi on most phones, so I'm not sure that would make it valid.
Oct 20, 2014, 10:40 am
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I'm not 100% sure if they still behave this way, but don't iOS phones (and some Android ones as well) automatically connect to any available wifi network? The gogo WAP would see X number of devices trying to connect. Of course, airplane mode doesn't turn off wifi on most phones, so I'm not sure that would make it valid.
Oct 20, 2014, 10:44 am
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Oct 20, 2014, 10:45 am
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Oct 20, 2014, 11:12 am
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Yep, and you generally want to leave it in airplane mode so that the cell radio is turned off. Otherwise, it will hunt for the nearest cell tower broadcasting at full power and use up your battery more quickly.
Oct 20, 2014, 11:19 am
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...although, it does cause your phone and its battery to get quite hot, as it's constantly working. And we all know heat is the enemy of batteries...but we'll save that discussion for another thread.
