B6A322 From United States of America, joined Jan 2010, 287 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 1598 times:
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I heard a rather interesting announcement today while onboard AA 1786. A few minutes after the "all electronics must be switched off" announcement, a different FA made an announcement stating the flight deck had informed them that not all electronic devices had been switched off and "if you haven't already done so, please do so now, it really matters." and wouldn't you know it, about 5 seconds later, I heard someone switch off their cell phone. But I'm wondering, was this just a coincidence or can they actually tell? I doubt they can, especially considering we were flying on an ages old S80, but it still had me wondering.
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CALMSP From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3662 posts, RR: 8 Reply 1, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 1583 times:
no, they can't tell that. More or less just a FA pretending to make a big deal out of the situation or playing a joke. If it was such a big deal, my FA friends wouldn't be texting me while they are taxiing to the runway.
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Macsog6 From Singapore, joined Jan 2010, 471 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 1558 times:
There are detectors available that can detect if an instrument is on, but I do not think AA has them installed. I suspect some clever FA came up with a way to get those oh so important people to whom the rules do not apply to turn their phones off.
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B6A322 From United States of America, joined Jan 2010, 287 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 1558 times:
Interference comes in various forms, and it depends on what is the source and where it is located. If a cellphone brand & type X is on seat 12A can interfere, cellphone brand Y might not... but, Y might be able to do it from seat 10C where X can't interfere...
When you hear those cellphone interference on the headset... it's not the F/A that can tell someone's phone is still on... it's the pilots... and usually when someone has it on silent and receives/makes a call...
Most of the time, no one can tell, but sometimes, they can... (but it won't be the FA!)
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smcmac32msn From United States of America, joined May 2004, 2211 posts, RR: 5 Reply 6, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 1396 times:
Quoting mandala499 (Reply 4): Most of the time, no one can tell, but sometimes, they can... (but it won't be the FA!)
Quoting B6A322 (Thread starter): a different FA made an announcement stating the flight deck had informed them that not all electronic devices had been switched off
Pretty sure it was suggested by the OP that the FA said flight deck...
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Type-Rated From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 4342 posts, RR: 21 Reply 7, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 1357 times:
What in the world did these people do before cell phones became widely used?
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coopdogyo From United States of America, joined Jan 2010, 189 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 1316 times:
I had this happen to me on an AS flight. Flight attendants announced about 3 or 4 times that all electronic devices must be turned off and that we weren't going to leave the gate until they were.
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