More cell phone woes
Jan 28, 2001 | 3:29 pm
#32
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Okay, maybe we should deal with reality for a minute.
There are over 15,000 flights per day in the US, which would mean over 5 million per year. With some 100 people on each plane, and if only 1% of them 'forgot' to turn off their phone, we should see planes dropping out of the sky by now.
And, if there was interference, it be so very easy for the airlines or FAA to prove it. You fly a plane, turn on the phone and see what happens. Pretty easy stuff.
But, they can not. The planes are flying. We are all doing fine. Let's move on.
There are over 15,000 flights per day in the US, which would mean over 5 million per year. With some 100 people on each plane, and if only 1% of them 'forgot' to turn off their phone, we should see planes dropping out of the sky by now.
And, if there was interference, it be so very easy for the airlines or FAA to prove it. You fly a plane, turn on the phone and see what happens. Pretty easy stuff.
But, they can not. The planes are flying. We are all doing fine. Let's move on.
Jan 28, 2001 | 8:41 pm
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This is a non-issue...so is the portable electronic devices thing. Nonsense really.
But I always follow the rules on an airplane, I do what they tell me to do, I think it all works much better that way. And I am a rebel in "real life" -- but on an airplane I am a "conformist." So I never use my phone in flight.
But I always follow the rules on an airplane, I do what they tell me to do, I think it all works much better that way. And I am a rebel in "real life" -- but on an airplane I am a "conformist." So I never use my phone in flight.