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Anonymous wrote:Yes. I once saw a special about it how a lot of 'trying to connect' signals messed with their onboard systems and caused glitching. Might have changed since then with newer mobile phones, but why take the chance to mess with the airplanes' system? They ask you to put it in airplane mode on every airline in the world. Why not do this one easy safety thing?

Good lord. If this was even remotely possible, the airlines would still require you to completely power down your phone.

Some of you are ridiculous.

Why are you entitled not to follow the rules?

Because no one enforces them. That lack of enforcement means that (i) no one cares, and (ii) the real-world consequences of not following them (in other words, somehow interfering with the plane) do not exist.

This attitude really bothers me. I mean I agree at this point that the rule is only sticking around thru bureaucratic inertia and risk aversion. But I think there was a basis to be concerned at some point and the idea that the whole issue was made up unless flight attendants were confiscating your phone is annoying.


You are just asking to be treated like a child, and then when you are you will complain about that.

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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).

+100

Unfortunately there's at least one poster here who seems insistent on perpetuating lies to the contrary.

Airplane mode saves phone's battery life.

You are really quite dense. That is not the issue at all. The airlines/FAA do not have this "rule" in order to save travelers' battery life. There is a purported safety reason for the rule, but one that is quite obviously fabricated, with no real consequences for failure to comply (either to the plane or the traveler). That is what people mean when they say that it makes no difference.

+1.

First posters are saying you need to turn on airplane mode bc it’s a rule. Others say if it was an important “rule” then it would be enforced. It’s not enforced therefore it is not important (to the safety of the plane or to anyone besides the individual carrying the phone who might wind up w a depleted battery—which btw my phone battery is just fine if I leave Wi-Fi on while on a plane but w/e)

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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).

+100

Unfortunately there's at least one poster here who seems insistent on perpetuating lies to the contrary.

Airplane mode saves phone's battery life.

Yes but that’s up to the individual to manage if they care about saving their phone battery. It doesn’t make someone “entitled” to not turn on airplane mode. That’s stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:So there's (a) no benefit whatsoever if you don't turn airplane mode on, (b) no harm from turning it on, and (c) probably at least some benefit in the form of improved battery life if you do, and yet, people here are insisting that only idiots follow the rules and there's no reason whatsoever to do something they've decided (based on nothing) is unnecessary and some kind of personal imposition. Pretty much checks out.

Yep. "I'm not going to do something that benefits me because someone told me I needed to do it."

+100. Entitled jerks in here are willingly dying on this hill for the sole point of proving their entitlement. It takes two taps to turn on airplane mode and you lose morning by doing it. Revelations like this make me hate people

But there’s no reason TO do it. It serves no purpose.

?? Airplane mode saves a lot of phone battery life!
If not on airplane mode, the phone will keep searching for a connection, depleting the battery while it searches the entire plane ride.

I meant there’s not a reason to do it in terms of safety or plane interference or anything like that.

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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).

+100

Unfortunately there's at least one poster here who seems insistent on perpetuating lies to the contrary.

Airplane mode saves phone's battery life.

You are really quite dense. That is not the issue at all. The airlines/FAA do not have this "rule" in order to save travelers' battery life. There is a purported safety reason for the rule, but one that is quite obviously fabricated, with no real consequences for failure to comply (either to the plane or the traveler). That is what people mean when they say that it makes no difference.

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Anonymous wrote:So there's (a) no benefit whatsoever if you don't turn airplane mode on, (b) no harm from turning it on, and (c) probably at least some benefit in the form of improved battery life if you do, and yet, people here are insisting that only idiots follow the rules and there's no reason whatsoever to do something they've decided (based on nothing) is unnecessary and some kind of personal imposition. Pretty much checks out.

Yep. "I'm not going to do something that benefits me because someone told me I needed to do it."

+100. Entitled jerks in here are willingly dying on this hill for the sole point of proving their entitlement. It takes two taps to turn on airplane mode and you lose morning by doing it. Revelations like this make me hate people

But there’s no reason TO do it. It serves no purpose.

?? Airplane mode saves a lot of phone battery life!
If not on airplane mode, the phone will keep searching for a connection, depleting the battery while it searches the entire plane ride.

Also, not true. I never turn it on airplane mode and my battery is fine. Maybe I'd save a little battery life but nothing life changing.

There's plenty of evidence that turning on Airplane Mode does save on battery life.

I didn't say it doesn't. I said not enough to entice me to worry about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. I once saw a special about it how a lot of 'trying to connect' signals messed with their onboard systems and caused glitching. Might have changed since then with newer mobile phones, but why take the chance to mess with the airplanes' system? They ask you to put it in airplane mode on every airline in the world. Why not do this one easy safety thing?

Good lord. If this was even remotely possible, the airlines would still require you to completely power down your phone.

Some of you are ridiculous.

Why are you entitled not to follow the rules?

Because no one enforces them. That lack of enforcement means that (i) no one cares, and (ii) the real-world consequences of not following them (in other words, somehow interfering with the plane) do not exist.

And to be clear, I never said I don't use airplane mode. If I remember, I do. But I often don't, and it doesn't bother me a bit. I was talking about how ridiculous people are who think there actually could be an impact on the plane.

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).

+100

Unfortunately there's at least one poster here who seems insistent on perpetuating lies to the contrary.

Airplane mode saves phone's battery life.

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Anonymous wrote:So there's (a) no benefit whatsoever if you don't turn airplane mode on, (b) no harm from turning it on, and (c) probably at least some benefit in the form of improved battery life if you do, and yet, people here are insisting that only idiots follow the rules and there's no reason whatsoever to do something they've decided (based on nothing) is unnecessary and some kind of personal imposition. Pretty much checks out.

Yep. "I'm not going to do something that benefits me because someone told me I needed to do it."

+100. Entitled jerks in here are willingly dying on this hill for the sole point of proving their entitlement. It takes two taps to turn on airplane mode and you lose morning by doing it. Revelations like this make me hate people

But there’s no reason TO do it. It serves no purpose.

?? Airplane mode saves a lot of phone battery life!
If not on airplane mode, the phone will keep searching for a connection, depleting the battery while it searches the entire plane ride.

Also, not true. I never turn it on airplane mode and my battery is fine. Maybe I'd save a little battery life but nothing life changing.

There's plenty of evidence that turning on Airplane Mode does save on battery life.

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Anonymous wrote:So there's (a) no benefit whatsoever if you don't turn airplane mode on, (b) no harm from turning it on, and (c) probably at least some benefit in the form of improved battery life if you do, and yet, people here are insisting that only idiots follow the rules and there's no reason whatsoever to do something they've decided (based on nothing) is unnecessary and some kind of personal imposition. Pretty much checks out.

Yep. "I'm not going to do something that benefits me because someone told me I needed to do it."

+100. Entitled jerks in here are willingly dying on this hill for the sole point of proving their entitlement. It takes two taps to turn on airplane mode and you lose morning by doing it. Revelations like this make me hate people

But there’s no reason TO do it. It serves no purpose.

?? Airplane mode saves a lot of phone battery life!
If not on airplane mode, the phone will keep searching for a connection, depleting the battery while it searches the entire plane ride.

That's not for you to worry about, don't you think?

Also, not true. I never turn it on airplane mode and my battery is fine. Maybe I'd save a little battery life but nothing life changing.

I'm not worrying about it at all, merely responding to the previous misstatement that it "serves no purpose." It does serve quite a useful purpose to save on battery life.

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Anonymous wrote:So there's (a) no benefit whatsoever if you don't turn airplane mode on, (b) no harm from turning it on, and (c) probably at least some benefit in the form of improved battery life if you do, and yet, people here are insisting that only idiots follow the rules and there's no reason whatsoever to do something they've decided (based on nothing) is unnecessary and some kind of personal imposition. Pretty much checks out.

Yep. "I'm not going to do something that benefits me because someone told me I needed to do it."

+100. Entitled jerks in here are willingly dying on this hill for the sole point of proving their entitlement. It takes two taps to turn on airplane mode and you lose morning by doing it. Revelations like this make me hate people

But there’s no reason TO do it. It serves no purpose.

?? Airplane mode saves a lot of phone battery life!
If not on airplane mode, the phone will keep searching for a connection, depleting the battery while it searches the entire plane ride.

That's not for you to worry about, don't you think?

Also, not true. I never turn it on airplane mode and my battery is fine. Maybe I'd save a little battery life but nothing life changing.

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Anonymous wrote:So there's (a) no benefit whatsoever if you don't turn airplane mode on, (b) no harm from turning it on, and (c) probably at least some benefit in the form of improved battery life if you do, and yet, people here are insisting that only idiots follow the rules and there's no reason whatsoever to do something they've decided (based on nothing) is unnecessary and some kind of personal imposition. Pretty much checks out.

Yep. "I'm not going to do something that benefits me because someone told me I needed to do it."

+100. Entitled jerks in here are willingly dying on this hill for the sole point of proving their entitlement. It takes two taps to turn on airplane mode and you lose morning by doing it. Revelations like this make me hate people

How are you impacted much less harmed by us not doing this?

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Anonymous wrote:So there's (a) no benefit whatsoever if you don't turn airplane mode on, (b) no harm from turning it on, and (c) probably at least some benefit in the form of improved battery life if you do, and yet, people here are insisting that only idiots follow the rules and there's no reason whatsoever to do something they've decided (based on nothing) is unnecessary and some kind of personal imposition. Pretty much checks out.

Yep. "I'm not going to do something that benefits me because someone told me I needed to do it."

+100. Entitled jerks in here are willingly dying on this hill for the sole point of proving their entitlement. It takes two taps to turn on airplane mode and you lose morning by doing it. Revelations like this make me hate people

But there’s no reason TO do it. It serves no purpose.

?? Airplane mode saves a lot of phone battery life!
If not on airplane mode, the phone will keep searching for a connection, depleting the battery while it searches the entire plane ride.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So there's (a) no benefit whatsoever if you don't turn airplane mode on, (b) no harm from turning it on, and (c) probably at least some benefit in the form of improved battery life if you do, and yet, people here are insisting that only idiots follow the rules and there's no reason whatsoever to do something they've decided (based on nothing) is unnecessary and some kind of personal imposition. Pretty much checks out.

Yep. "I'm not going to do something that benefits me because someone told me I needed to do it."

+100. Entitled jerks in here are willingly dying on this hill for the sole point of proving their entitlement. It takes two taps to turn on airplane mode and you lose morning by doing it. Revelations like this make me hate people

But there’s no reason TO do it. It serves no purpose.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So there's (a) no benefit whatsoever if you don't turn airplane mode on, (b) no harm from turning it on, and (c) probably at least some benefit in the form of improved battery life if you do, and yet, people here are insisting that only idiots follow the rules and there's no reason whatsoever to do something they've decided (based on nothing) is unnecessary and some kind of personal imposition. Pretty much checks out.

Yep. "I'm not going to do something that benefits me because someone told me I needed to do it."

+100. Entitled jerks in here are willingly dying on this hill for the sole point of proving their entitlement. It takes two taps to turn on airplane mode and you lose morning by doing it. Revelations like this make me hate people