I’m not talking about playing games or watching stuff on flight mode, I’m talking about making calls and texting or using mobile data.
As a kid my parents told me that it interfered with the pilot and they couldn’t see but I realised that’s the same reason they don’t like the overhead light in the car.
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The only real answer is that they can cause issues with networks on the ground due to the plane’s height and speed.
The FCC ensures there is no bleedover between cellular communications and any airplane communications system. They are all designed to work on very specific frequencies. There has never been any proof that a cell phone interferes with anything on the planes.
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