Originally Posted by
peter h
I've seen many BA passengers active on their phones before and during departures and landings. They could well have been in flight mode and playing a game stored on their device, but the pervasion of social media into peoples lives these days raises an element of doubt for me, at least.
I would say your doubts are entirely legitimate and well-founded. In fact sitting next to me on the flight to Madrid, the person was already texting his phone as soon as he could, after the Wi-Fi had been switched off so presumably by capturing whatever weak network was available as we were on approach.