Closing door and mobile devices
Had a fight last night out of MIA was running a little late which I was actually glad so got to watch the 4th quarter of the super bowl. When we boarded the game was going to overtime. Many were watching and monitoring the game on their mobile devices. When the door was closed someone asked if they could keep the device on till takeoff and the FA says no as interference from the device could cause the pilot to take off on the wrong runway. Did she actually mean that. When a plane lands you are allowed to use a mobile device in non airplane mode and the pilot still has to communicate with air traffic controllers till the aircraft gets to the gate. I assume the main reason why mobile devices have to be put in airplane mode when the door is shut as they want passengers to pay attention to the safety demonstrations. Yes this aircraft did have WiFi so you have monitored the game there.
Last edited by buckeyefanflyer; Feb 6, 2017 at 2:02 pm