‘No Mobile’ Sign To Be Used Inside Airplanes

At one of your trips on board Air France, you may notice that “No Smoking” signs are now replaced by “No Mobile” signs – a trend being adapted by many other airlines. Air France, specifically, will only allow mobile usage during flights using special satellite systems, at a cost of about $2.50 a minute. This is one of the number of solutions that are being developed both to improve detection of interference and to enable the safe use of wireless devices in flight.

The use of mobile phones on airplanes in-flight is prohibited worldwide. Usage of other portable electronic devices (PEDs) is also prohibited during takeoff and landing. The reasons, though, remain ambiguous, one of which is that by operating a device that will interfere with the aircraft systems and disrupt the two-way radio used by pilots, a person is endangering the lives of other aircraft passengers.

Whether this reason – along with other reasons – is true or not, you may want to think twice before you turn on your mobile phone while inside the aircraft.

Via MobHappy

At one of your trips on board Air France, you may notice that “No Smoking” signs are now replaced by “No Mobile” signs – a trend being adapted by many other airlines. Air France, specifically, will only allow mobile usage during flights using special satellite systems, at a cost of about $2.50 a minute. This is one of the number of solutions that are being developed both to improve detection of interference and to enable the safe use of wireless devices in flight.

The use of mobile phones on airplanes in-flight is prohibited worldwide. Usage of other portable electronic devices (PEDs) is also prohibited during takeoff and landing. The reasons, though, remain ambiguous, one of which is that by operating a device that will interfere with the aircraft systems and disrupt the two-way radio used by pilots, a person is endangering the lives of other aircraft passengers.

Whether this reason – along with other reasons – is true or not, you may want to think twice before you turn on your mobile phone while inside the aircraft.

Via MobHappy