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Pilot Caught on Camera Texting During Takeoff
An airline pilot was caught on camera texting and checking Twitter during takeoff, ignoring on-board announcements to put devices in airplane mode. The pilot was a passenger on an American Airlines flight from Charlotte to Tampa, FL. He was in his uniform, but not part of the crew actually flying the plane. (www.twcnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Some how it just hit me... The person taking the video in the first place is just as guilty for having electronics out during take off... HMMM..
This passenger is a brainless idiot! Lord.
So what is the problem.... I put my phone and tablet away during take off and landing... It is not going interfere with the plane... Anyone who says it will is just BS... A few years ago a CRJ-200 capt departed MEM and steered the wrong course using his FMS.. Blamed his error on a passenger with a cell phone... What an idiot... Furthermore, Navigating on FMS does not use any VOR freq information (Primarily it uses DME-DME Navigation and a GPS for backup, neither of which could never be interfered with by a cellular device.
The passenger on the cell phone may have been talking with the pilot and distracted him.
Did he confirm that it was on a cell network and not on the on-board WiFi? This is beyond ridiculous.
Airplane mode does not allow Wifi either. Wifi is another form of RF transmission. Not allowed.
Wanna bet? You can turn WiFi on in airplane mode. I have a couple of my old phones that I kept after upgrading and I use them around the house for things (with the proper app) like kitchen timers, TV remote, calculator, etc. On all of those I keep them in airplane mode and simply turn on WiFi so the apps can be updated over my home network.
*during take-off.