Originally Posted by
micus
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...
You can insist as much as you want, but the rules are still there and are applicable to everyone, not just those who choose to abide by them.
And do you not think that as a pilot yourself, irrespective of
your belief as to whether something is a genuine reason or not, you would be more inclined to comply with the rules. Do you come across something you do not like when you are flying and just ignore that too because you do not think that it should be so? If that is the case, please also contact whichever authority issues your license and have them take it away from your forthwith...