Bluetooth Headset
Sep 24, 2017, 3:30 pm
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Bluetooth Headset
Hello,
Just a quick question, has anyone been asked to remove their Bluetooth headset during a flight?
Thanks,
Just a quick question, has anyone been asked to remove their Bluetooth headset during a flight?
Thanks,
Sep 24, 2017, 4:48 pm
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General announcements, yes.
But I am guessing that the OP is asking if crew will ask specific passengers to remove their Bluetooth headsets. This I have not seen yet despite many pax having such models.
But I am guessing that the OP is asking if crew will ask specific passengers to remove their Bluetooth headsets. This I have not seen yet despite many pax having such models.
Sep 24, 2017, 6:24 pm
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2 years ago I was asked not to use my wireless mouse on a A333, since then I've used it a ton of times and no FA has said anything, perhaps the policy has changed?
Sep 24, 2017, 6:29 pm
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I have been using a bluetooth headphone this year for 40+ flights with no request to remove other than for takeoff and landing (they are over the ear type)
Sep 24, 2017, 7:51 pm
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Sep 24, 2017, 8:05 pm
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I was flying DFW-YVR earlier this month in J (CR9). Using my Beats headphones as usual, but just for noise cancellation. SD didn't say anything but after takeoff a different FA asked me to take them off (no Bluetooth allowed in air) and gave me a pair of the regular earbuds.
Hadnt heard this before, and since I wasn't using Bluetooth I put them back on after she left and no one else said anything the rest of the flight.
(This plane had wifi - was not C-FJZD)
Hadnt heard this before, and since I wasn't using Bluetooth I put them back on after she left and no one else said anything the rest of the flight.
(This plane had wifi - was not C-FJZD)
Sep 24, 2017, 8:11 pm
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Bluetooth will be totally safe (and allowed) when airlines find a way to monetize its use.
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Sep 24, 2017, 8:16 pm
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I was on a Q400 as well past week and a FA asked a passenger to remove bluetooth head set. Customer asked why and was told that it interfered with plane communication system on this type of plane !!!!
Interested to see this type of communication on the AC website.
Interested to see this type of communication on the AC website.
Sep 24, 2017, 8:27 pm
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4 Jazz flights 2 weeks ago: 2 CRA, 2 Q400. On all flights, as part of the intro, SD said "Any Bluetooth devices, including wireless headsets are not allowed on this type of aircraft" . What I found strange was that a) first time I had heard that message and B) long emphasis by all SDs on the word "type" .
Could this be a BBD aircraft thing?
Could this be a BBD aircraft thing?
Sep 24, 2017, 9:31 pm
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It's not specific to Bombardier - rather, it stems from the requirements for Transmitting Personal Electronic Devices to be tested and certified for use by the operator (Air Canada) and not by the manufacturer as far as the interference protection goes. The tests tend to be by type, thus the announcement.
Bluetooth operates on same 2.4GHz ISM band, which already needs to be tested to allow for WiFi, so it tends to be allowed where WiFi is allowed and disallowed where it is not - as there is no money to be made by AC by testing airplanes where WiFi is not present.
Bluetooth operates on same 2.4GHz ISM band, which already needs to be tested to allow for WiFi, so it tends to be allowed where WiFi is allowed and disallowed where it is not - as there is no money to be made by AC by testing airplanes where WiFi is not present.