Bluetooth on an Airplane?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:04AM from the listen-to-the-stewardess dept.

bblazer asks: "Since I travel quite a lot, I am very familiar with the warnings about cell phone use on an airplane (could be bunk, but I still respect it and those around me). But what about using Bluetooth? I just got off an Alaska Airlines flight where the flight attendant said that we were not permitted to use any device that sends or receives a radio signal. I often use the bluetooth features of my PowerBook and Treo while onboard a plane (you can have the Treo on without having the cell phone on), or I set up a mini-network with others I may be traveling with. Could Bluetooth cause any problems, or is this something I need not worry about?"

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Re:Yes it could cause problems. by BrookHarty · 2005-04-19 11:09 · Score: 4, Insightful

*cough* bullshit *cough*

First, the reason cell phones are banned was they cell sites couldn't handle the handoffs of cell phones in air. The wireless communications companies asked the airlines to stop in flight calls, and offered and created companies just for in fight service.

2nd. Fly by wire isn't, fly by RF, there are actual wires, and these wires wont pick up RF from a device as you say. If you're simple phone could put it out of service, any plane flying over a guys house with a HAM radio would crash it. Planes don't crash from RF like that.

And you say you worked for the industry, well guess what, so do I.

BTW, did you want a cookie for reporting the big bad man to the air stewardess (HA, Fuck Political Correctness)...