Perfect For Takeoffs and Landings :)
I'm sure I'm not the only crotch-hiding MP3 playing passenger on commercial airlines during the (please turn off all electronic devices) takeoff and (all electronic devices must be stored at this time) landing phases.
Current iPod's have serious drawbacks in this regard:
1. They're relatively large.
2. They've got shiny bright LCD's.
3. They're too sensitive to the touch.
The Shuffle is the perfect anti-flight attendant companion. Older style navigation, just a trickle of LED light, and so small I can palm it instead of crotching it.
Bless you Steve Jobs. No takeoff is complete without a little Green Day (Boulevard of Broken Dreams has a nice build up) and no landing feels right without a little Barry Manilow (Copacabana gets you in the mood for Vegas).
BJ
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boltjames] at [2007-11-10 6:41:32]
# 1 Re: Perfect For Takeoffs and Landings :)
Don't make me turn you into my friends at the FAA. :)
Here's a suggestion for your inflight listening though,
Takeoffs and Landings ( http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=1977127&selectedItemId=1976432) by The Ataris.
Chris
# 2 Re: Perfect For Takeoffs and Landings :)
Feel free to damage your ears with having headphones on during the critical phases of flight where cabin pressure can change the most. I'll pass. I can wait until we reach FL100 (10,000 ft.) (altitude at which most airlines allow electronic devices.)
# 3 Re: Perfect For Takeoffs and Landings :)
You do realise they tell you to turn electronic things off for a pretty valid reason right? It's not just to annoy people lol
Not that i've never done that lol
Oh and I dont think that earphone make a difference where air pressure is concerned, perhaps if you have in-ear type ones (like I do...hmmm..) but otherwise, the standard iPod earphones wouldn't cause any harm just because of the change in air pressure! Why would they!?!
# 4 Re: Perfect For Takeoffs and Landings :)
Originally posted by aviationwiz
Feel free to damage your ears with having headphones on during the critical phases of flight where cabin pressure can change the most. I'll pass. I can wait until we reach FL100 (10,000 ft.) (altitude at which most airlines allow electronic devices.)
If that is the case why do the airlines allow you to continue to use the headphones they supply from the moment you sit down until you stand up to exit?
The "reason" for no electronic devices is difficult to find. I understand that it goes back to a survey of some 10,000 incidents that occurred during takeoff's and landing's during the early 1990's. Apparently in 3, yes 3 out of 10,000 the might, yes might have been some correlation with electronic devices being used on the plane at the time. None of the incidents where ther might have been a correlation caused injury or death.
If somebody can comfirm this story or show the real reason I would love to know.
K1W1 at 2007-11-15 13:01:15 >
# 5 Re: Perfect For Takeoffs and Landings :)
There is a reason why they tell you to turn off the devices and listen you know.
-James at 2007-11-15 13:02:25 >
# 6 Re: Perfect For Takeoffs and Landings :)
as an airline pilot i can tell you electronic devices can and do create disruptions to aircraft systems. having used some electronic devices (in the cockpit, while on the ground) such as cell phones and the like i have seen static develop in radio communications. it has always been minimal and of course i sit far closer to the equipment than you do, but better safe than sorry. i suggest that you understand while the chances of a iPod shuffle causing any problems is very slim to none it pays to cooperate when your own safety is involved. :D
# 7 Re: Perfect For Takeoffs and Landings :)
Originally posted by K1W1
If that is the case why do the airlines allow you to continue to use the headphones they supply from the moment you sit down until you stand up to exit?
The supplied headphones which you plug into the aircraft entertainment system are controlled by the crew, so if they are making an announcement they stop the film/radio/game/whatever you are watching/listening to so you hear what they are telling you.
They also do not switch on the system until they want you to be distracted. All these things are done for a reason. Not just to make you sit bored for ten or so minutes.
Something that really pees me off on flights are the passengers who insist on reclining their seat during take off and landing, even though the cabin crew go round and get all seats into the upright position. Do these people not realise that in an emergency the passenger behind has no where to "adopt the crash" postion with the seat back reclined?
Next time someone does it to me they'll find my knees rammed into the seat back!
:mad:
Bob at 2007-11-15 13:04:27 >
# 8 Re: Perfect For Takeoffs and Landings :)
Originally posted by MadPict
The supplied headphones which you plug into the aircraft entertainment system are controlled by the crew, so if they are making an announcement they stop the film/radio/game/whatever you are watching/listening to so you hear what they are telling you.
They also do not switch on the system until they want you to be distracted. All these things are done for a reason. Not just to make you sit bored for ten or so minutes. :mad:
Yes, potential electronic interference is only part of the story - this is the other. If something important is happening, they don't want people being distracted by their MP3 players, etc. It's not just for your safety, it's also for others around you.
Originally posted by MadPict
Something that really pees me off on flights are the passengers who insist on reclining their seat during take off and landing, even though the cabin crew go round and get all seats into the upright position. Do these people not realise that in an emergency the passenger behind has no where to "adopt the crash" postion with the seat back reclined?
Next time someone does it to me they'll find my knees rammed into the seat back!
:mad:
This is one of my top pet peeves about air travel. There are simply some people who think that they're above the rules, and this is the most common manifestation of that. Yes, air travel is uncomfortable - but if I can wait to recline my seat, so can everybody else. My other peeve about that is the people who ram their seat back as hard as they can without looking back - which can ruin your whole day if you're trying to do some work on a laptop. I must be part of a dying breed, because I actually ask the person behind me if they mind if I recline my seatback. I've rarely been refused, and they seem to appreciate the courtesy.
