Be Honest. Do you use airplane mode while flying?

[Anonymous]

If there is no free wifi, I don’t use airplane mode because doing so will not allow my wireless headphones to connect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Because I am not selfish, and want the pilot’s comms to work.

I swear, some of you people are frighteningly entitled.

?? It doesn’t affect the pilot’s comms.

[Anonymous]

My pilot friends turn phones to airplane mode, so I do also.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH is such a rule follower he turns airplane mode on as soon as he steps on the plane. Even if we are just sitting. He’s obnoxious.

Divorce is the answer. This kind of rule following will become unbearable the longer you stick around.

[Anonymous]

The ignorance here is unbelievable. Airplane Mode doesn't disable all the phone's communications - it only disables the cell voice/data communications. Wifi and Bluetooth remain enabled when in airplane mode.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Because I am not selfish, and want the pilot’s comms to work.

I swear, some of you people are frighteningly entitled.

Agree. Read a book or a magazine. Take a nap. Talk to your spouse if they’re there. We don’t ALWAYS need to be connected.

[Anonymous]

Yes, am terrified if I don’t the plane will fall out of the sky. Only partly kidding. Ok not really kidding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there is no free wifi, I don’t use airplane mode because doing so will not allow my wireless headphones to connect.

Hahaha, what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Engineer here. You should shut off or use airplane mode. Otherwise, your phone is going to constantly try to ping cellphone towers as you fly by them at 500mph and that's a huge battery drain (when doing an initial ping, it uses more battery power then once a connection is established).

There's also the being a good citizen part of it -- the cell towers can get a little overloaded when a phone is moving that quickly between towers, affecting the service of those on the ground.

As for the part about cellphones complicated the airplane's avionics, that's pretty much a myth. Otherwise, we'd hear of terrorists showing up with 20 cellphones in their bag, threatening to turn them all on at once.

This. Though I will say, as a pilot, I make sure I'm in airplane mode when it looks like we'll be flying an approach to minimums. Hey, no one said we have to be logical ALL the time!

[Anonymous]

I only do it if I remember and to save the battery, but I sometime forget. On a recent flight i received a text from my mom while in the air.

[Anonymous]

Always, but to save my phone battery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pointless really. You can turn off the cell service if you want to, but since most planes have wifi and everyone is using bluetooth, there's no point anymore.

it's not pointless, it saves your battery life

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pointless really. You can turn off the cell service if you want to, but since most planes have wifi and everyone is using bluetooth, there's no point anymore.

it's not pointless, it saves your battery life

Why don't people fly with backup batteries? They're cheap and small and good for multiple charges

[Anonymous]

Nope. I’m usually connected to Wi-Fi anyway but some planes it kicks off below 10K. I leave my cellular on so I can connect soon as cell signal comes back which is usually around 3-4K ft.

[Anonymous]

No, it's been long debunked that you need to do that.