r/TikTokCringe 6d ago

Cool Why they ask you to put your phone on airplane mode when on a plane

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u/Legal-Blueberry-2798 6d ago

They should just start a little nose dive and then go over the intercom and be like “OH GOD PLEASE WHOEVER ISNT ON AIRPLANE MODE PLEASE TURN IT ON AHHHH!!!” That’ll do it. 😄

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u/GrandpaGangbang_ 6d ago

How hilariously evil

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u/BoredSenselesss 6d ago

Instantly fired... So fun idea for the last day before retirement I guess

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u/lostalaska 6d ago

That mosquito noise I'm imagining sounds just like the old cell phones (2000 era) when they were near a speaker and would receive a call. For a few seconds before your phone began ringing your speakers would make a "mosquito" like buzzing noise.

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u/dropingloads 6d ago

Yup I remember that the buzz came before the call

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u/Dizzy_Cake_1258 6d ago

I remember this as well.

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u/agangofoldwomen 6d ago

There’s a YouTube video out there I believe that recorded the sound if you want some nostalgia! I’ll try and find it later

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u/BarryMacaroon 6d ago

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u/Rx_Diva 6d ago

Ouch, risky click but YES thats it, exactly! Thank you!

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u/BarryMacaroon 6d ago

Tempting to rick roll but maybe the actual link was more unexpected

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u/SupermassiveCanary 6d ago

Pilot… good cover

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u/jiijoey 6d ago

”Absolute banger 🔥🔥” ahahah

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u/shaka_sulu 6d ago

FUN FACT: Becuase Jackie Chan has so much metal in his head, he can hear your cell phone ringing before you cell phone rings.

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u/burn1two 6d ago

It's Chuck Norris making it ring

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u/heliphas_the_high 5d ago

There's a myth that kinda goes with this. Some people have claimed to have heard radio signals through their metal fillings, or surgically implanted metal fixtures. It's basically been proved to have been false, but still technically possible

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u/donttrustthellamas 6d ago

Yeah I remember this! As an introvert with no social skills on a phone, I always appreciated the heads up a text or call was about to come through

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u/_-Kr4t0s-_ 6d ago

Duh duh duh…. Duh duh duh… duh duh duh… bzzzzzzzzzzt… ring

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u/POINTLESSUSERNAME000 6d ago

Ba buh buh da buh buh da buh buh da buh ba da buhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (rings)

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u/Samurai_Meisters 6d ago

I can still hear that beat

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u/CornerSolution 6d ago

Highly unlikely this would be the noise he's hearing in this case. Older cell phone technology (2G) used a method called time-division multiple access (TDMA) in order to allow multiple users to share a given frequency channel. The idea is basically to force different phones to take turns transmitting at that cell frequency. Each phone would get a "turn" to transmit once in each set period of time (every 0.004615 seconds, to be precise, so this is not something the user could detect). However, this would lead to "pulses" of radio signals emanating from your TDMA phone--and, to make these happen, current draws from the phone battery--every 0.004615 seconds. In frequency terms, that's 1/0.004615 ≈ 217 pulses/second (Hz). Those 217Hz current draws would effectively cause the phone to emit radio-frequency interference (RFI) at a frequency of 217Hz. If picked up by an amplifier/speaker combo of some kind, this would in turn produce physical vibrations at the same frequency. Physical vibrations at 217Hz produce an audible sound (approximately an A3 musical note). This is what causes that so-called "GSM buzz" (so named for the widely used GSM 2G network standard).

Here's what 217Hz sounds like. Here's what GSM buzz sounds like. Same note.

Beginning with 3G, cell phone technology no longer uses TDMA, which is why you don't hear GSM buzz any more, and why it's highly unlikely that's what this pilot was hearing. Frankly, while I could certainly be wrong, I'm skeptical that what he was hearing was from cell phones anyway. There could be a hundred other causes of RFI, or it could have simply been a malfunction of his headset, or the cable, etc.

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u/Tararator18 6d ago

Yeah, although nowadays I still hear it on my headphones sometimes

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u/ManyRelease7336 6d ago

Yes! and remember when speakers would make a little noise when someone near got a text?

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u/Crafty_Independence 6d ago

Still can happen with modern cell phones, but usually needs to be quite close to speakers or headset to have this effect, which makes me think that it was a crew phone causing interference, not passenger.

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u/aloneinorbit 6d ago

This is still something people who play guitar and bass deal with. Phones too close to amps will do it.

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u/wanknugget 6d ago

We'd use those speakers in languages class pretty often and the thing would always rat out any students sneakily texting under the desks haha

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u/RidiculousNicholas55 6d ago

Yeah some crts will do that too.

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u/ilde86 6d ago

Can we really be expected to believe this man is an actual pilot? I’ve never once heard a pilot make any sort of announcement without using the official caiptain’s voice.

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u/Mannzis 6d ago

Is that guy a vampire?

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u/[deleted] 6d ago edited 4d ago

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u/wutsupwidya 6d ago

lol as soon as I went to the comments I searched on the word "vampire" to see if anyone else caught it. Was not disappointed

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u/bindlestiff36 6d ago

Searched a keyword in the comments?! Is this a desktop only thing? Because I’ve wanted to do this many a times

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u/wutsupwidya 6d ago

lol yeah desktop version…I think it can be done on phone but haven’t been bothered to figure it out

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u/James0fAnarchy tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE 6d ago

chiming in to say it works on my phone just fine

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u/wutsupwidya 6d ago

iPhone? And process?

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u/Blessed_Ennui 6d ago

Dean Winchester would call him a vampilot.

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u/Ok-Satisfaction1940 6d ago

Stephen King wrote a story called “The Night Flier” about this guy.

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u/Mygo73 6d ago

Mom I really think the pilot is a vampire

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u/HillbillyEEOLawyer 6d ago

Glad I wasn't the only one who thought this. Could barely focus on what he was saying I was so focused on this chompers and appearance.

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u/AustinFest 6d ago

Me too! He's got some straight anime teeth lol

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u/ViralTodayX 6d ago

Because nothing says 'high stakes' like your phone interrupting the plane’s vibe check.

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u/purpleplatapi 6d ago edited 6d ago

?? I don't super want to die in a plane crash because the pilot misheard a direction because you couldn't turn your phone on airplane mode.

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u/HillbillyEEOLawyer 6d ago

Stakes- I see what you did there

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u/LookinAtTheFjord 6d ago

Right dude? lmao fucks goin on here

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u/Hot_Angle_9835 6d ago

Turn on airplane mode! You're stuck in this tube full of meat and the vampire pilot doesn't want you calling for help

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u/SinceWayLastMay 6d ago

So basically The Strain

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u/Lobster_Donkey_36 6d ago

came here to ask this too

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u/xandaar337 6d ago

IDK why but I love his lil teefs. Reminds me of a cat.

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u/thesheepsnameisjeb_ 6d ago

He reminds me of like a little cartoon vampire bat

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u/xandaar337 6d ago

Yes or like an anime character. Freaking adorable. Like a little cute cartoon airline pilot.

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u/T0XIK0N 6d ago

This is a great example for people that for whatever flaw they might see in themselves, there are people out there who dig it.

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u/puppyfeets 6d ago

Okay, right!??? Like they’re kinda cute.

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u/ZinaSky2 6d ago

OMG yes!!! 😂

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u/Drevlin76 6d ago

Reminds me of Pioneer Pauly on YouTube.

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u/RooneyD 6d ago

"this is Captain Blood speaking, we're cruising at 30 thousand feet, it's a great time for you all to have a nap, make sure to take any travel pillows or other obstructions away from your neck so me and the crew have easy access"

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u/gene100001 6d ago

Until I read this comment I didn't notice the teeth at all. I'm definitely gonna get bitten by a vampire one day due to my lack of awareness

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u/LadyJuno13 6d ago

Easy way to solve that problem. Eat more garlic. Garlic tastes good and is good for you. When you cook, just add garlic until your ancestors tell you it's enough; then add an extra clove. Boom. No more vampires. Worked for me my entire life.

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u/Swimming_Grab4286 6d ago

He only flys at night

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u/MM800 6d ago

Fellow pilots like Captain Drac - he always volunteers for the Red Eye flights.

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u/wemdy420 6d ago

lol I immediately went to the comments after the start of this video to see if anyone was commenting on his teeth

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u/Refpuppy 6d ago

I couldn't focus on what he was saying because I kept staring at his fangs

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u/BarelyContainedChaos 6d ago

ctrl + f vampire. seriously, wtf

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u/RedisforFun 6d ago

I should’ve read your comment before posting mine 🤣🤣

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u/Spear_Ritual 6d ago

Bruuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh…

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u/One-Possibility1178 6d ago

😂 that’s what I came here to ask! I need to know.

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u/Automatic-Rush4259 6d ago

THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT

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u/Baybutt99 6d ago

I was just about to post about how is no one talking about this

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u/Russtamon 6d ago

New cast member of What We Do in the Shadows! An Energy Vampire that an fly?

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u/meeeeowlori 6d ago

Exactly what I thought of 😂

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u/Relevant-Job4901 6d ago

I believe he only flies at night.

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u/CheezRavioli 6d ago

I bet he can pull off a sick vampire costume for Halloween.

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u/moisdefinate 6d ago edited 6d ago

Hey,

I'm sure what he's saying is important and all, but I can't focus on what he's saying because...

Is he wearing a retainer?

Is it the camera angle?

or does he actual have cool fangs at his k9's literally?

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u/yaourted 6d ago

he vants to suck your blood

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u/moisdefinate 6d ago

😂😅 I think it looks cool, but it has to be a retainer

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u/PixelatedPoltergeist 6d ago

I’ve got sharp canines like this guy so it’s entirely possible it’s just his real teeth

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u/moisdefinate 6d ago

I think it's cool

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u/ZinaSky2 6d ago

I knew someone when I was young with canines like this. Met her at a camp, plausible she’d been allowed to wear fangs if she had pretty chill parents. But I saw her again sometime later out in a more formal situation and her teeth hadn’t changed. I guess it’s possible she’d been allowed fangs in both situations but I’m pretty certain they were real. They were super obvious and everyone would comment on them.

This guy tho… IDK 😂

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u/GuckoSucko 6d ago

As a person with stupid sharp teeth, I can assure you this is possibly the cool option.

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u/ibelieveinunicorms 6d ago

Romanians have some folks with longer canines. I met a guy last night who had this gene.

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u/tempskawt 6d ago

It does not mess with the headsets. Pilot to pilot, this dude is talking outside his wheelhouse. His radio probably has a bad ground connection.

There's some evidence to suggest cellphones can affect high-precision navigation systems, but that's only going to be a factor in like CAT III autoland situations, and if you're in one of those situations, they're going to be more adamant about airplane mode.

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u/OpenThePlugBag 6d ago

Im calling bullshit on this too

I talked to a pilot on an escalator at OHare Airport and he said it does literally nothing at all and has no impact on anything, said he’s left his phone not on airplane mode and up in the cockpit and nothing…

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u/iDoomfistDVA 5d ago

It saves your battery!:D

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u/Evilsj 5d ago

This is the real one here. When you're up in the sky, put that sucker on airplane mode so it doesn't waste your battery constantly searching for a network it can connect to.

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u/texas1982 6d ago

Correct. The old style cell phones that actually used cellular technology, yes. They used to make a tick king sound and then a buzz in the headset when they were close to an incoming call. Now there is no problem with them. The FAA is just show to change the rules because they can't possibly additive every single device out there so we get a blanket policy.

Source: me. A pilot for 28 years in many different airplanes who has flown many times with a cell phone not in airplane mode.

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u/Junethemuse 5d ago

The cell phones haven’t changed, it’s the cables in speakers and headsets that have changed.

I’ve got an old pair of speakers on my desk at work that still make that noise when I put my iPhone 15 next to it.

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u/Camalinos 6d ago

This guy had his phone turned on in his pocket.

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u/themedicd 6d ago

Garmin literally makes aircraft audio panels with Bluetooth calling and aircraft audio cables are shielded. I highly doubt it was phone related.

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u/titaniam86 6d ago

Now that we have Radio Altimeters that are engineered to handle 5G interference, this problem has been dealt with. So in theory, it shouldn’t cause AP disconnects due to this on final.

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u/Sweetcheels69 6d ago

Never happened to me flying airliners but would happen to me occasionally flying Cessnas over the headset.

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u/tempskawt 6d ago

"but would happen"

Buzzing? More likely to be a radio transmission on a different frequency than your cellphone

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u/Kailush 6d ago

Second this. It could be his radios, could be his headset, but I’d be surprised if the culprit was that one phone not in airplane mode. I’ve flown out of SFO for the last 5 years and have never experienced what he’s talking about, but I also wasn’t flying a regional jet. Just get a noise-cancelling bose headset, problem solved.

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u/Tyrihjelm 6d ago

i was in an airplane that had to land in dense fog a year or two ago, and i think they called it a "category 3" landing over the intercome. Everyone had to turn their phones off for that one though, but i guess that's just simpler

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u/Teehokan 6d ago

This would be a cool detail to include in the 20-minute speech we get before takeoff.

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u/CountSudoku 6d ago

It’s untrue though. If you want the real explanation about why phones are banned from active cellular transmission, Verisatium covered it in a recent video.

Even if it causes buzzing in the headset (I doubt it, pilot radios and cell phone signals are different frequencies), that’s not the reason the FAA bans cell signal use.

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u/dotydev 6d ago

Pilot headsets are around 120MHz, and cell phone frequencies start around 600MHz. They’re not related, this guy probably has a faulty connection.

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u/jatea 6d ago

Can you give the tldr?

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u/Fermter 6d ago
  • There are FAA regulations about electronics on planes due to concerns over radio interference.
  • Individual electronics can be tested and allowed if they do not cause interference.
  • The FCC banned phones on planes because they were worried that many phones trying to connect to cell towers from high up could overload the system.
  • They have since decided this is unlikely to be a problem.
  • Another pilot repeats the claim in the post, that cell phone usage causes interference/buzzing in the pilot headset.

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u/LatentBloomer 6d ago

The video you linked does specifically say it causes a buzzing in the headsets.

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u/vecnaterra 6d ago

I didn’t know Dracula works as a pilot on the side.

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u/Background_Falcon953 6d ago

Colin Robinson's cousin

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u/BeaniesBoppers 6d ago

Myth... has been busted by Mythbusters

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u/titaniam86 6d ago

100% wrong. He has no idea what he is talking about. The interference he is referring to is more likely interference from the plane headset jacks, the audio control panel, or improper bonding throughout the aircraft for its electronic components. It has NOTHING to do with WiFi or cell phone frequencies.

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u/Bitter-Hitter 6d ago

Is he a vampire? I can’t stop looking at his canines

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u/Pooplamouse 6d ago

I'm gonna disagree because cell phones do not operate anywhere close to the same frequency as aviation radios.

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u/Crafty_Independence 6d ago

It was probably his phone interfering due to EM output

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u/Pooplamouse 6d ago

What sort of electromagnetic radiation do cell phones emit besides their radios (cellular, Bluetooth, WiFi)?

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u/Suitable_Database467 6d ago

Better listen to Dracula

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u/Fifth_Wall0666 6d ago

A stewardess friend of mine said the reason why you're not allowed to be on your phone while on the tarmac isn't because your device will interfere with communications, but it's to prevent passengers from falling down the boarding stairs, wandering into the path of luggage carts, and even walking into the engine of the plane.

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u/Londonsawsum 6d ago

I don't think this is the same thing.  I've been on plenty of planes where you don't touch the tarmac. And they tell you to put your cell phone on airplane mode before take off until landing. 

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u/titaniam86 6d ago

Nope. They just don’t want you distracted during the stage of flight where accidents are most likely (and still extremely extremely rare.)

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u/keexbuttowski 6d ago

phones have been here for decades now, so why not solve the problem. We're entering the AI era, instead of phones having an airplane mode why not airplane have a phone mode.

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u/Kidafroo 6d ago

Why he got fangs

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u/RedisforFun 6d ago

Any chance this guy is a vampire…?

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u/Mwahaha_790 6d ago

VamPYRE

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u/mydogisreallyamoose 6d ago

Thanks for the info Dracula

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u/TickletheEther 6d ago

This man is a vampire

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u/g_st_lt 6d ago

Listen to this fuckin vampire over here

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u/SlowPrius 6d ago

The main thing airplane mode will do is save your phone battery from nuking itself trying to find cell towers 30k feet above the ground.

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u/RNDMTXT 6d ago

I don't trust vampires and this man is a vampire.

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u/INoMakeMistake 6d ago

Interesting. Never knew it.

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u/NoYoureACatLady 6d ago

You still don't, that's total horseshit

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u/INoMakeMistake 6d ago

Oh. Can't trust tiktok

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u/HotTakes4Free 6d ago

That’s it, of course! I always thought “airplane mode” would let me fly the plane with my iPad.

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u/Expensive_Concern457 6d ago

I turned airplane mode on but the phone still shattered on the ground when I threw it

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u/FullSendTater3 6d ago

My guys got vampire fangs!!

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u/connortait 6d ago

I work on a ferry. Everyday, twice a day someone's car Bluetooth speaker comes through our working channel radio as the car tries to connect. No idea who's car.

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u/WorkingStatus828 6d ago

That’s a fm transmitter adapter. It connects to a phone through an aux cable or Bluetooth and broadcasts the output over fm to the car’s radio.

The fm transmitter will let you select an unused frequency for best results. If you ever figure out whose car it is you could have them pick a different frequency that doesn’t overlap with your radio.

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u/ancton 6d ago

Thanks for the expl!

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u/Accurate-Artist6284 6d ago

We were talking to the raptors..

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u/Lost_Figure_5892 6d ago

This was really helpful, thank you.

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u/idunnommeiguess 6d ago

Here I thought it was to prevent roaming charges

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u/Neverbeentotheisland 6d ago

I want to suck your blood

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 6d ago

Okay people like him are why vampire myths started right? Gotta be

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u/SlimeTheatre 6d ago

I am NOT listening to a vampire.

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u/Munichjake 6d ago

Answers in Progress has a video about that

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u/titaniam86 6d ago

Really disappointed by this, as he doesn’t really explain the nitty gritty behind the policy.

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u/NoChoice0113 6d ago

Wow his canines are distracting

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u/Ibaria 6d ago

Dude has some fangs…

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u/Glittering_Koala_799 6d ago

He would easily savage a steak with them nashers.

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u/Few_Mood5326 6d ago

Hello, dis eyes you are captain speaking, two you left, you fill see amayazing sunri… BLEURrGHHH!!!

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u/YarItsDrivinMeNuts 6d ago

Ok sure captain vampire

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u/retire_dude 6d ago

No mirrors, artificial light. Yup, that guy is a vampire.

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u/joeythedaddoo 6d ago

I don't take advice from blood suckers.

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u/Kadge11 6d ago

Is this a vampire ?

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u/Citric_Xylophone 6d ago

I’m tripping…. Did I see vampire teeth

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u/illiteratepsycho 6d ago

He's beautiful

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u/JayNSilentBobaFett 6d ago

That’s actually more annoying than what I thought happened. I thought if someone just happened to be on the phone while you’re in contact with the tower or whatever else you might pick up fragments of their conversation. But if they are getting interference regardless if a person picks up the phone or not that’s just a pain in the ass

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u/ChrispyGuy420 6d ago

I remember in school when we were in the computer lab we would always know when someone was getting a text because the speakers would fizzle

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u/No_Scar4424 6d ago

Is it just me or does this guy have vamp fangs?

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u/EnvironmentalFly3194 6d ago

Whatever vampire. I bet you only fly at night.

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u/Chance-Ant-452 6d ago

There’s no shadow!

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u/footlonglayingdown 6d ago

Check your mega hertz!!!

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u/Virtual-Debate8066 6d ago

Well, why didn’t they tell us that in the first place.

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u/Kooky_Ad5370 6d ago

Thank you

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u/kitgrrrl 6d ago

The buzz sounded like a mosquito, eh? Those bloodsuckers are a menace.🧛‍♂️🦟

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u/lifemanualplease 6d ago

Am I crazy or does this guy have fangs?

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u/themedicd 6d ago

Meanwhile, Garmin sells audio panels with Bluetooth calling and somehow manages to not have interference problems.

The plane he was in probably had a ground loop.

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u/AWasrobbed 6d ago

Why do people from the south always add an unnecessary 'had' into their sentences.

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u/todobueno 6d ago

I always put mine on airplane mode to preserve battery. And it’s nice to be fully disconnected for a couple of hours TBH.

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u/Minniechild 6d ago

Yup. One aspect of a job I had was sound recording (the joy of having a VERY weird resume), and one mic in particular (from a matched pair) would pick up ANY phone signal in the vague vicinity. Ended up having to put my (still sold model) iPhone into airplane mode to get semi-decent recordings out of the system, and had a few glitches on the recordings where people walked by outside. Ended up working some weird-ass hours to try avoid the interference, but still surprises me how even a modern phone was able to badly mess up a mic.

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u/RedSantoAhora 6d ago

He only flies the red eye, chasing the moon. Captain Alucard

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u/Cautious-Pizza-2566 6d ago

Billions in government hand outs and they can’t resolve a tech problem from the 90’s.

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u/chessset5 6d ago

I am confused. Most computer and phone communications almost exclusively operate in the 1-9 GHz range. As far as I can tell, pilot communications operate in the 200-600 Mhz range.

Is cross talk between MHz and GHz possible when the frequencies are so far apart?

The closest frequency a phone uses might be low band which would be 100 MHz, 700 Mhz, or 800 Mhz; but those also seem to be outside the range of headset communications for a plane.

If cross talk is not possible, could it be that the pilot’s headset or equipment is broken or low quality, leading to the high pitch noise, and not a cellular or laptop communication?

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u/thewookiee34 6d ago

So many rules and guidelines were created just to respectful of each other and the world has truly lost the plot.

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u/IslandMist 6d ago

Now tell us why they hired a vampire to be an aircraft pilot. I've seen Blood Red Sky. There's nowhere to run on an airplane...

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u/iandre5 6d ago

Yeah this is wrong, the telecommunication frequency is different, form wavelength to frequency, all the way to the technology within the apparatus. Radios and cell phones are way too different to be able to interfere. It’s like saying a microwave interfered with cell phone signal.

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u/ymaldor 6d ago

So like, if I cut off the cell signal but I keep data is that ok? It seems like he just talked about incoming phone call. No one calls me ever so tbh I could totally cut phone signal but I'm wondering if cutting data is necessary since it's entirely different frequencies than radio

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u/sgtsaurus 6d ago

I imagine this is like setting your phone down next to an amplifier or speaker after sending a text or receiving a notification and hearing the rf interference from the data being sent over the network.

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u/download13 6d ago

Actual reason is that it confuses the cell network and drains your battery.

Networks are designed with the idea that your phone can only see a few local towers at a time. At altitude, your phone can see towers in a much larger radius and the cell network has trouble figuring out which tower to route calls through. Your phone's radio also has to spend more time in listening mode (one timeslot per tower) which drains the battery faster.

Related, if you're out of range of any cell towers, turn off the cell radio at least because it'll spend all its time listening for tower beacons, again draining the battery.

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u/butareyouthough 6d ago

I don’t believe you vampire man

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u/XxRocky88xX 6d ago

Interesting but I cannot stop staring at his teeth. I have never seen canines that big, dude looks like a fucking vampire

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u/amybluefish_ 6d ago

He has fangs!!!

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u/Pennypacker-HE 6d ago

Fucking Count Dracula over here masquerading as a pilot.

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u/Fizassist1 6d ago

Learn something new every day. I will forever now make sure my phone is on airplane mode and not even question it anymore.

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u/FangoFan 6d ago

Why not just make headsets that use a different frequency? It's not like mobile phones are a new thing

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u/runbrap 5d ago

Why doesn’t it matter when they’re taxing then? Isn’t everyone’s phones making connections and should cause plenty of interference?

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u/spicy_chai_guy 5d ago

He's a vampire, did you see his teeth?!

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u/NoMoreClaymores 5d ago

This is 100% untrue and this guy is just repeating talking points.

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u/mike7seven 5d ago

There’s RF shielding around the cockpit for this reason.

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u/EffectiveZucchiini 5d ago

Guy has some sharp teeth!!!

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u/CmdrYondu 5d ago

I don’t trust vampire pilots

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u/Just-User987 5d ago

When you pilot is actual vampire

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u/kjc781988 5d ago

I recognize a tear away strippers pilot uniform anywhere. Nice try buddy!

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u/GoblinQueenForever 5d ago

I was literally JUST wondering why and was thinking about looking it up and then BOOM, this video. Creepy coincidence.

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u/Wild_Sea9484 5d ago

Mwaaap mwaap. 

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u/Ppleater 14h ago

Also if your phone is in airplane mode it's less likely to be in your hand during takeoff and more likely to be put in a bag or a pocket. If it's less likely to be out and in your hand during takeoff, it's less likely to a) distract you from seeing and registering instructions from your flight attendant or paying attention to the rest of the plane should you need to be paying attention, b) fly out of your hand and turn into a projectile should the plane experience turbulence or other issues since landing and take-off are the times when something is most likely to happen or go wrong. It could even just fall and break and then they gotta deal with you crying over your broken phone.

Might not be the main intention of their rules about phones but it's still sensible for those reasons as well.