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Just got off 9w351 captain announced DGCA has vacated order on prohibiting cell phone usage on airplanes and they can now be used once the plane exits the runway on landing. No use allowed while take offs.

I normally start using my bb way before wheels down any way so doesn't matter much but IT is the only airline where the hotties frowned on cell ph usuage. Hopefully this will shut them up.

good to know rsh913....thanks for the info....

IMHO, even 9W and other airlines frown on this but YMMV.. BUT, I too frown and find it quite funny when even before the plane's landed ppl start calling up their folks and saying ''i hv landed, still in the plane'' or start talking business with others.. it shows how addicted we hv become to it that we cannot wait 10 mins even though its not allowed there..AFAIK, the earlier rule was to keep mobiles switched off from them time the airplane door closed till it re-pened and I am speaking abt instances from those periods..
Hope u didnt type this while still in the air just bfore landing ;)

I am sorry but I don't agree with that. Maybe there is no proven facts or accidents to show that using a mobile while the aircraft is up in the air is dangerous but they tell you not to use it for a reason.

I would rather wait that 2-3 minutes. Don't see what peoples hurry is. Like they will miss that most important call. Yeah once the plane is on the ground then its ok to switch on the phones.

Not having a go at you in particular rsh913, just my opinion on this.

No was too busy responding to emails.
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Lets just say, I respectfully disagree. On any given flight there are cell phones invariably left in in on position. So I do not see anything wrong with it.

What I find offensive is people start getting up and opening bins even before the plane has reached its parking position. This appears to be unique to India. I've not seen it outside of India but it may happen frequently there as well. Just today a pax across from in in J got up and opened the bin before the plane reached the apron.

I find this hilarious. Its like they are in a major hurry to get off the airplane. I once in on AI from SIN (my last AI flight) five years ago and the Pilot had to park the airplane up after landing due to people not sitting down. As soon as the flight landed one guy got up and walked towards the door and shortly after that followed half the cabin. The poor FA got sick of asking people to sit so must have reported this to the pilot.

Just out of curiosity when does the phone catch reception? I always thought that it only worked a couple of 100 meters or so in height.

can understand wht u mean.. this and also ppl in a hurry to switch on their phone even when the FA announces that cell phones shd remain switched off..

Not really. I've typically seen coverage post wheels down. When flying on corp jets I work through pretty much the entire flight with bb on and it catches it sparsely. I am unsure of the height though.

You mean it catches a signal even at 30,000 ft +?

sometimes when the cell remains switched on accidentally, i receive some sms's when its taxing , I would guess around 2000-3000 ft max not above that IME.. we get those welcome to xxx place sms's so I guess thts the limit..

Thats what I thought too.

No I did not.
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Quite interesting. Thanks for posting that link.

This is what it basically says