Originally Posted by
flygirl68
How do YOU know it doesn't change anything??
I've been on the flightdeck for landing, wearing headphones, so I can hear the pilots chatter, and also any chatter from ATC or the tower. After we had landed, the chatter from whoever it was (maybe tower) was interrupted by that noise I used to get when my mobile was placed next my old answering machine...funny irregular beeping. They missed the chatter, and had to ask them them to say again. I then heard the cabin crew make an ad-hoc PA asking all passengers to keep their phones off. .. An extra PA to the regular after-landing one.
I don't know about you, but I don't want any communications to the pilots interrupted.
Is it really that hard to hang on for a few minutes???
I have indeed been a LOT of time in the flightdeck as well during both take off and landing. And i insist on what i said, i am a private pilot myself + have lots of friends pilot for BA, AF, AA, and have experienced take off and landings in various planes from each of these companies in the flightdeck.
All of my pilot friends in these airlines don't even shutdown their own mobile phone during takeoff/landing... I even recall a LHR-CDG flight on BA, where the captain picked up a phone call while they were on final approach...
I hate to say this, but the crackup you heard on the radio transmission between the flightdeck and ATC was probably not coming from the mobile phone of the gentleman behind, but could come from anything. In aeronautics we are using VHF/UHF... which can be impacted by almost anything electomagnetic. Even a lightning, you will hear a crack in the radio...