No photos on plane, really???

On my yesterday flights on WN, each flight I could see at least 3 people of the 7 people I could see did not turn off their phones or tablets. One guy was still texting while the aircraft was rolling onto the runway, then he just pressed the screen off button.

That's laughable! What copyright exactly was she referring to? The food? You could argue that a recipe or presentation could be deemed as intellectual property but then you'd have to be in a situation of trying to recreate it and claim it as yours. Taking a photo is neither of those things.


Why is there such fear of the camera out there in the public domain? People love to look at photos but are then scared when someone with a camera starts taking them. One can't exist without the other.

I think we have had lots of threads about electronic devices and the rights and wrongs of it all.

Unfortunately as passengers and crew we are required to abide by the rules of the governing body of each different airline and in the case of UK airlines, this is the CAA.

We can debate all we want as to whether these rules are based on fact or not and what a waste of time they are but unless you campaigne to get them changed, you need to comply with them. As a crew member, we have no choice but to enforce them, so if we see someone using their electronic device, we have to request it be turned off. We can't decide for ourselves that we don't like the rules.

I and all other crew realise that many of you ignore these rules however as I explained we have to abide by them whether we agree with them or not.

I outlined above, BAs policy on passengers taking photos but as highlighted by others, we can't really make a judgement about whether the photography of the OP was reasonable or not as none of us were there. Also as I pointed out, at BA we have a large number of new crew which includes senior crew that have joined us from other airlines and they maybe have been getting confused to the rules. I am sure this is just a one off issue.

I would have loved to have been there. I am someone who understands copyright law and would have enjoyed suggesting to her how wrong she was.

The rules are about to change in the USA anyway. What I find odd is how obsessively people monitor others behavior.

I'm quite surprised. On my Virgin America flights I had no issues taking photos of my seat and food.

If I could figure out how to post photographs I'd post some of the interior of Air Koryo aircraft and the tarmac. (...and I lived to get out of the DPRK!)

Upload the photos to a photo sharing website, such as Flickr, and then copy the [IMG] link for each photo into your post.

BA used to announce on Tel Aviv flights that no photography was allowed during the landing and arrival stages, though I have not heard it in recent years. I had forgotten all about that until a Royal Jordanian flight into TLV a few weeks ago, when they gave a similar message.

Slight OT - there's an ongoing battle between Police arresting/cautioning people for taking photos in a public place. Technically the police can't do anything (unless it's one of a few prohibited locations such as MOD sites etc) but in Central London it's getting ridiculous. Just google it and you will see so many photographers talk about being threatened with arrest or being accused of being terrorists.

Come on Hiddy which regulations?

I've never ever had any issues with taking photographs on a BA flight and I take photographs of just about everything, food, cabin, seat and window views.

I did get barked at once by cabin crew on a UA flight from SFO when I took a photograph of my seat.

Haven't you seen that Slop TM and Gloop TM are now protected BA trademarks?

If you're only intent is to take pictures of a cockpit door I imagine a regulation from the mental health act will cover it.

Have you never read TRs?

Even placement of lavatory paper gets featured. And that is seriously significant.