I have to agree that this would be an awesome deal. Even if you couldn't play games online (which would definitely be the coolest thing to do with net capabilities on a place), you could still have video phone conferences with friends and such. How cool would THAT be? To be talking to someone who's sitting at their home computer, looking them in the face, while you're sitting in a jet heading overseas?
Yeah, that would be cool.
James
Yeah, that would be cool.
James
Bring it on I say!
) we can hear things in our headsets when we get close to the ground as the phone picks up a signal, or you get a text, etc. Don't turn the thing on in flight for grins just to see if it works. We can sometimes, and I repeat sometiimes, hear interference in our radios. There was a great article in a magazine or newspaper a few months back (I forget which one) which had several documented cases of flight control disruptions (ie autopilot disconnect, airplane following a false glideslope briefly, etc) due to what was believed to be cellphone or pager interference. I personally know of other pilots who have had similar occurances that after they made an announcement to turn off all electronic devices, the problems went away. These high speed internet offerings in flight are going to be great for the airlines and their passengers, but I do worry about the floodgates being opened to stupid passengers who will think since this is ok, then any device will be ok anytime. This simply isn't true.
