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Using mobiles in an aeroplane... NOT dangerous after all! (apparently)
I've been reading about this in various places, that they have found
out that private cellular mobile phones do NOT affect flight controls, that this information is erroneous. Some report has come out. Furthermore, I have also been told that the flight companies have always known it's not dangerous, but that they have PRETENDED that it's dangerous so that people don't use the expensive onboard phones that you get on long-haul flights (International Roaming is cheaper than these rip-off phones). I wonder whether all the flight companies knew it was a scam and clubbed together, or whether only a couple of them knew and the other companies simply followed suit. So I wonder whether in the light of all these revelations, whether we will now have all those announcements removed? Or will they try and brush it under the carpet and hope that not a lot of people find out about the little scam, and end up continuing with the subterfuge? Or will they come clean and let people use their private phones? Or will they come clean but give another reason for not using private phones (eg noise pollution)? Interesting isn't it! Also, will people who were fined for disobeying regulations, such as that guy who got arrested for texting "I love you" to his wife while on a flight, will be able to claim their money back.... Furthermore, will this see the price of onboard phones come down dramatically (it took me a while to come back from the shock when I got my credit card bill back after calling my wife from the Virgin phone in my seat when flying London to Jo'burg in 2001!) T'will be interesting!!! TRISTÁN |
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