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[azurbanclucker]

I have wired earbuds because you're not supposed to use Bluetooth stuff on the local aeroplanes here (lots of folk do anyway but I feel like ignoring supposed "safety" rules is a bad idea unless you actually know something about the topic in question). I've never paid quite as much as $50 but the wires always seem to get damaged really quickly if you're using them out & about and putting them in you bag or a pocket. Wireless last much longer ime.

That's odd. Most airlines allow BT in airplane mode. Every one I've flown in the last 5 years at least, and that includes to Europe. Now, having said that, I have not flown a local/regional into Scotland...

 

[kattabelly]

That's odd. Most airlines allow BT in airplane mode. Every one I've flown in the last 5 years at least, and that includes to Europe. Now, having said that, I have not flown a local/regional into Scotland...

Most of the planes here are little turboprops, though there's a couple of longer routes that get a small jet. They don't really enforce the bluetooth thing but like I say, I don't want to be That Guy.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Most of the planes here are little turboprops, though there's a couple of longer routes that get a small jet. They don't really enforce the bluetooth thing but like I say, I don't want to be That Guy.

I wonder if your island hoppers stay below 10k feet (3000) meters and that's why. EASA regs are the same as FAA regs on BT use so it *should* be fine. But those small regionals operate below 10k feet a lot, especially on short hops. Maybe it's to do with that.

This one I'm fuzzy on.

 

[kattabelly]

I wonder if your island hoppers stay below 10k feet (3000) meters and that's why. EASA regs are the same as FAA regs on BT use so it *should* be fine. But those small regionals operate below 10k feet a lot, especially on short hops. Maybe it's to do with that.

This one I'm fuzzy on.

The shortest regular commercial flight route in the world is here. It's scheduled to take 90 seconds but been done in under a minute. I doubt that even gets very close to 1000 feet!

It could just be an old fashioned thing they haven't got round to dropping yet, like how hospitals all used to insist on people not using mobile phones when those were new.

One of my mum's brothers is a commercial pilot who also flies his own little single turboprop plane. I'll get her to ask him.
Edit - he says he has no idea so we're guessing it's an old rule that they just never got round to removing from the safety briefing.

 

[thecatumbrella]

QUESTION!

What are those large, metal shipping containers called that you see on ships, etc.? Is there a word for them? I'm struggling with google, and I need it for a lame joke. Thanks in advance!

 

[kattabelly]

QUESTION!

What are those large, metal shipping containers called that you see on ships, etc.? Is there a word for them? I'm struggling with google, and I need it for a lame joke. Thanks in advance!

I've only ever seen them called shipping containers

 

[azurbanclucker]

I've only ever seen them called shipping containers

This.

 

[thecatumbrella]

I've only ever seen them called shipping containers

This.

Thank you both! I'll have to think of another comically large storage container.

 

[kattabelly]

Thank you both! I'll have to think of another comically large storage container.

Would an IBC be big enough?

 

[tlcmurphy]

I call them cargo containers, but apparently they are intermodal containers because of the different modes of transportation (ship, train, tractor trailer).