Originally Posted by
chipster
And another thing...in UK on BA we are never told we have to turn everything OFF, just that if the device has a flight safe mode, it should be enabled prior to departure, and any device that sends or receives calls or data (such as bluetooth, texts, wifi etc) should be switched off unless it is in flight-safe mode. It is irritating when some jokers like to leave their blackberries on silent. One day I will say something!
Originally Posted by CheetahSA
On BA no headphones during take-off & landing but phones in flight-safe mode is fine.
That's not the case, although certain people chose to interpret it that way. The BA wording is pretty clear that all electronic devices should be turned off for take off and landing. That's unambiguous. It then goes onto say something like devices with a flight safe mode can be used during the flight, but flight safe must be enabled before departure. And somehow that translates in people's heads into an ok to leave things on, so long as flight safe is enabled because it's more convenient to them.
(when discussed on a previous thread in the BA forum, the exact wording from the video was produced which showed that those who said it didn't say to turn things off were wrong and were hearing selectively what they wanted to hear - apparently not the statement that 'all electronice devices should be turned off for take-off and landing').