A projectile laptop will probably do much more head injury than a flying copy of Fifty Shades of Grey in paperback. The screen will go completely blank.ĭuring takeoff – airlines know that consumer devices are unlikely to be of concern during takeoff, but one reason cited for continuing to make sure everything is “stowed” is that takeoff and landing often hits major turbulence. Your Kindle can be shut down by holding the power button/switch. On your iOS devices you will need to hold down the power button on the top edge until it tells you to “slide to power off”. Turning off the screen is only turning off the screen. They mean that you need to shut down your Mac, iPhone, Kindle, etc. Sleep mode – When the flight attendant asks you to turn off your electronic devices, they do not mean to put it into sleep mode. What it is useful for is for turning off all of your radios, then you can turn each one you need on one by one. However, now with airlines allowing WiFi and cellular on some flights “airplane mode” is a bit of a misnomer. It simply turns off all radios: cellular, WiFi, bluetooth. Airplane mode is intended to make your device comply with rules that you are not allowed to use any radio transmitters or receivers on flights. Each airline can make their own determination.Īirplane mode – this term is now outdated, but still used. WiFi – Many airplanes now have WiFi hotspots for in-flight use now, so WiFi is fine on these flights, obviously. On some international flights when you are outside of US airspace you can use your phone because the airplane has a cellular receiver onboard, which keeps your phone from going into high-power mode looking for towers on the ground. Normally on the ground your phone is only in range of a three or four so it’s something they can handle. It’s the FCC that bans it because when you are in the air and your phone can be seen by hundreds of cell towers at once it stresses the system out. There isn’t a huge concern that your phone is going to cause instrument failure.
So let me try to break it down for you.Ĭellular – despite what you might believe, it’s not the FAA that bans the use of cell phones on a flight. With devices that go on standby, airplane mode, and with airlines now offering WiFi or cellular, things are getting a little murky because the terminology is changing and people often don’t know exactly what they need to do to comply with the laws and airline rules. UPDATE: In 2013 the FAA began to allow portable devices without keyboards to be used during takeoff and landing, so this article is very much out of date and is no longer accurate.
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