Few days ago I was flying by plane and stewards asked us to turn our devices to Airplane Mode. But why is that?
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I flew for the first time in 20 years recently, and when we took off I promptly put my phone in airplane mode. Nobody else around me did, and most people were watching TikToks on a flight without WiFi. I was flabbergasted. Nobody took any phone calls, but they were definitely using data. It’s my understanding that flight navigation instruments don’t catch interference from cellular data transmission anymore, which is good, but why do air travel companies still tell people to put their phones in airplane mode? Why can’t airplane mode just disable calls if they just don’t want a bunch of people talking like assholes on the plane? What are we even doing anymore?
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