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May 30, 2005
Qantas makes softer call on mobile phones
Qantas has decided that its pilots are sufficiently skilled, after all, to locate the terminal, even if passengers do start to use their mobile phones after the plane touches down. Accordingly, if you're on a domestic flight, you'll be able to ring somebody as soon as the hosties are sure that the wheels are on the ground. Other airlines have allowed this for quite some time now, but Qantas always has its passengers' best interests at heart.
Under the new rules, you'll also be able to use your phone/PDA in flight, once the seat belt signs go off, provided that before take-off, you switch it into flight mode (which if your phone doesn't already have, you might be able to get via Psiloc's System Tools.)
We do hope though, that even if the US FCC does decide to approve the use of mobile phones during flights, that airlines don't allow it. We tend to agree with the 63 per cent of respondents to a recent survey by the US Association of Flight Attendants who didn't want the rules relaxed, largely because having a lot of people shouting on the phone - which of course they'll have to do to make themselves heard - is going to make you wish you took the train.
Posted by cw at May 30, 2005 10:33 AM
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