Cell stuff
1. cell hopping, occurs everyday in a big city (how many phones hit the towers in Manhattan?)
2. a second of signal to a tower makes the tower do nothing, happens everyday
3. will not be able to use the phone very well because of #2 so they won't.
3a. you could require headsets for cell users, hand them out free. (add subtone so they can/will talk quietly.)
3b. I'd guess the phone would be more confused than the towers would be.
4. Easy answer: make the plane a tower so people can talk.
Navigation stuff
the planes radios and equipment are truly modern.
Their ability to filter out the necessary data from garbage is amazing.
Do you think a plane cannot navigate in a thunderstorm? Duh.
I know a passenger could bring equipment to disrupt equipment but not all at once.
and certainly not at the low wattage cell phone's are capable of.
Anything else would be sabotage. You realize the real terrorists have tried all of this already, right?
Summary
people must/will talk these days, you have heard that rumor, surely.
This will be implemented eventually anyway.
Why do they not just tell us the truth. Why lie?
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Cell stuff 1. cell hopping, occurs everyday in a big city (how many phones hit the towers in Manhattan?) 2. a second of signal to a tower makes the tower do nothing, happens everyday 3. will not be able to use the phone very well because of #2 so they won't. 3a. you could require headsets for cell users, hand them out free. (add subtone so they can/will talk quietly.) 3b. I'd guess the phone would be more confused than the towers would be. 4. Easy answer: make the plane a tower so people can talk. Navigation stuff the planes radios and equipment are truly modern. Their ability to filter out the necessary data from garbage is amazing. Do you think a plane cannot navigate in a thunderstorm? Duh. I know a passenger could bring equipment to disrupt equipment but not all at once. and certainly not at the low wattage cell phone's are capable of. Anything else would be sabotage. You realize the real terrorists have tried all of this already, right? Summary people must/will talk these days, you have heard that rumor, surely. This will be implemented eventually anyway. Why do they not just tell us the truth. Why lie?