The Real Reason Cell Phone Use Is Banned on Airlines | LiveScience
Interesting perspective from the author. Interesting comments at the bottom also.
Interesting perspective from the author. Interesting comments at the bottom also.
No, because the cellular licensee's (the carrier's) license does not allow aeronautical mobile use.So no cellphone you buy from Verizon etc have ever been type accepted for aircraft use. If someone wanted to get one type accpeted then the problem would go away.
Some do and some don't.If folks think the 100 MW or less signal is the one causing interference on a aircraft they need to think some more. Laptops put out more RF than this.
Again, not the issue.So you can design air plane cell phone that is legal and compliant but they would cost more than 29.95
FAA regs prohibit any portable electronic devise from being operated when on an IFR flight plan, unless Ok'ed by the pilot in command.
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One of biggest issues is audible interference observed on airband frequencies by flight crews.
For all of you that think that the phones are shut off below 10 K feet, you may not travel as much as I do.
I believe the request for the flight crew is somehwere between completley and totally ignored here in the USA....How the flight crews put up with all this is beyond me.
It is common however, for pilots and crews to use cell phones below 10,000 ft.
(I think the practice is very dangerous, even in VFR flying, because the pilot is distracted)
In the case of commercial airlines, no, the pilot cannot alter airline policy. Private or corporate flights, yes.
Mythbusters did an episode on this, they found "even though the airplanes appear to be well-shielded against cellphone interference, there are so many different electronics in a cockpit, as well as so many different cellphones constantly coming out, the FAA doesn't want to do the necessary testing."
As for cell phones in flight, a call would be received by multiple towers at once, and the FCC and the providers don't like that, it would tie up too many resources. It is common however, for pilots and crews to use cell phones below 10,000 ft. In my years of flying privately, I don't know anyone who has gotten in trouble for talking and flying, some pilot catalogs sell cell phone adapters which wire into the aircraft intercom for easier phone use. (I think the practice is very dangerous, even in VFR flying, because the pilot is distracted)
Try again...the company sets the policy and it is at the captains discretion to alter the policy. I can promises you, the captain is the final authority to the safe operation of the aircraft.
No, the PIC of an airliner may NOT ignore the rules. He can break them, if he doesn't mind losing his job and pilot's license, but he does not have the authority to violate FAA regulations.