Pilot @pilotperch gave an example from the night before when he and his copilot got the airplane ready to lift off, and they turned the airplane around to go down the airstrip.
He attempted to check in with dispatch to make sure they were taking the correct flight path, and while they were giving him directions and coordinates, he heard buzzing in his ear “like a mosquito,” which is common inference noise when a passenger has forgotten to switch their phone to airplane mode.
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Some TikTokers still were not convinced.
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But others appreciated the PSA and vowed to be more diligent about using airplane mode.
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Though the TikTok community was divided over this pilot’s advice and expressed varying levels of concern about the conflicts a lack of airplane mode poses with headsets, it seemed like an easy enough rule to adhere to on a flight.
