DO Noise CXL Headphones Need To Be Stowed on Takeoff?
Apr 30, 2008, 12:07 pm
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Sounds like an uptight honk. I wear mine 100% of the time durring take-off and landing. Only occasionally am I even asked if they are powered off.
Apr 30, 2008, 12:37 pm
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Headsets should be removed, not just switched off. They need to be off so that you can hear the evacuate command that United to not tell you what it is during their briefing. If you have noise canx headsets on, you won't hear the instructions. Indeed, any muffling will reduce your ability to get out.
Apr 30, 2008, 12:38 pm
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I never did
Always try to listen to the cockpit during landings and takeoffs
Apr 30, 2008, 12:42 pm
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Apr 30, 2008, 6:14 pm
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I think what we're missing here is what's being listened to. I wear ear bud NC Sony headphones, but before takeoff unplug the IPod and plug them into the seat rest to listen to Channel 9 (or 4 when the pilot doesn't turn on 9). I let the cable be conspicuously laying over the top of my arm and into the seat's armrest jack. The noise-cancelling part is a tiny box in my pocket, and I can turn that off, too - no external lights, etc.
So, in effect, it's the same as using the airline-supplied headphones, and I'm wired into the plane's PA system if there are important announcements.
Never had a problem. When they announce you can turn things on, I reach into pocket and turn on the NC feature, pull IPod out of other pocket, disconnect cable from seat and plug into IPod.
Even with the NC feature turned off, in-ear NC buds that are pretty tightly sealed in the ear (different from standard buds) dramatically cut the engine noise, etc.
All seems kosher...
So, in effect, it's the same as using the airline-supplied headphones, and I'm wired into the plane's PA system if there are important announcements.
Never had a problem. When they announce you can turn things on, I reach into pocket and turn on the NC feature, pull IPod out of other pocket, disconnect cable from seat and plug into IPod.
Even with the NC feature turned off, in-ear NC buds that are pretty tightly sealed in the ear (different from standard buds) dramatically cut the engine noise, etc.
All seems kosher...
Apr 30, 2008, 7:12 pm
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Strange -- I would think that an electric shaver produces much more interference than a solid-state device like an iPod Nano.
Apr 30, 2008, 7:23 pm
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Apr 30, 2008, 9:35 pm
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I turn mine off, but leave them around my neck. I've never been asked to put them away.
May 1, 2008, 10:58 pm
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My DEN-PDX flight last night authorized PEDs at 3000 feet. I think that this was a fluke, but I put on the QC3s and slept.
May 2, 2008, 1:55 am
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Even operating within the rules, one could get snagged on a headphone cord-- ergo you are championing a stricter rule than the current one in place.
Last edited by Ari; May 2, 2008 at 2:04 am
May 2, 2008, 8:40 am
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I can't speak to noise-cancelling headphones, however on one flight I was on a few years ago there was a no reading rule. 
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May 3, 2008, 7:32 am
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May 3, 2008, 11:16 am
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A few of the FA nazi's on my usual SFO to ORD run sometimes complain that I have mine turned on.
You'd be surprised how simple it was to cut the little cord for the LED light on my jabra's ....
Watch out, between my ipod and my noise cancelling headset, it's going to bring the plane down because of all the electronic interference... idiots.
You'd be surprised how simple it was to cut the little cord for the LED light on my jabra's ....
Watch out, between my ipod and my noise cancelling headset, it's going to bring the plane down because of all the electronic interference... idiots.
May 3, 2008, 12:26 pm
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NC Headset policy on Southwest
Did you know that SW allows NC headsets at all times. It says so in the back of the SW inflight magazine.
