Can I use "flight mode" during take-off on Ipod?

[mjplantz]

You may want to get some noise canceling headphones to wear. You do not have to remove them during takeoff and landing

 

[bumbershoot]

You may want to get some noise canceling headphones to wear. You do not have to remove them during takeoff and landing

Last flight we were on, they announced that those had to be off as well.



OP, get some incredibly trashy magazines (unless you are traveling with kids who can read the titles) and just lose yourself in them. When younger, traveling to and from college, I would get a Cosmopolitan for the plane. Only time I read them.

I will say that knitting is *excellent* to lose track of time and everything around you! Tried it on the last trip, and it worked like a dream. Plus, I was further along with hubby's hat by the end of the trip!

 

[Alexander]

Last flight we were on, they announced that those had to be off as well.

I wonder if "off" meant switched to the off position or off your head. I am pretty sure that is not an FAA regulation as the electronics in off position is. It sounds more like either an airline or flight attendant issue.

 

[luvavacation]

Thanks for all the helpful suggestions and back and forth conversations! At least I know what to expect!

Funny thing is, for people that have an overpowering fear of something, statistics mean nothing. My brain knows the statistics, but my brain also knows that things happen. It is the "things happen" part that pushes the statistics part out of the way! I would guess we all have something that we fear, something that is statistically not going to happen, but we fear it nonetheless. Trying to face the fear and deal with it is what gets us through!

I would prefer to drive, we love the drive, and it is about a 22 hour drive for us. However, I am traveling alone with my teenage daughter, and do not desire to drive that distant by myself. Plus, I don't do well in a strange city's traffic with trucks. Just not a calm person under stress. But I don't mind going 95mph on I-75 thru GA/FL!

I have flown before, but was really hoping to alleviate my flying anxiety this time with the fear of flying apps, but must resign myself that even if they say to listen to them during take-off, it isn't going to happen!

Trashy magazines are fine for me at other times, but at take-off, I fear doing anything remotely in the realm of "sinful". I am bargaining with God that whole time, and looking at hot man pictures (isn't that the purpose of those magazines? ) might work against me in the God bargaining.

I don't knit or crochet, though perhaps I should start, because then I could probably subdue a terrorist more easily. Hmm, might be a good idea! Although with the adrenaline I have going through me whilst on the plane, I am pretty sure I could overpower anyone with my bare hands!

At least on the way home from Disney, I will have my best friend, who is a pilot, sitting next to me! She has already been warned that she will be expected to talk to me during the whole take-off.

Thanks again for clearing up the whole Ipod dilemma for me. I shall take earplugs just in case, and ask if I can wear them. In the end, I have managed to fly before, I will manage it again, I just don't like it, and was sooo hoping to be able to use a calming agent this time, but oh well, just have to grasp that armrest and deal with it!

 

[vacationclub]

Pretty much all electronics are supposed to be off, but of course that's unrealistic, since some people have electronics in their ears, in their hearts and even that pump insulin into their blood. This has been a long living controversy as many say there is no danger, and that there is really no way to know since it's impossible to know if everyone turned off their stuff. I see people running all kinds of electronics during accent and decent.

The bigger issue is transmitting. Airplane mode was designed to allow operation of devices that have some sort of radio or radios and turns all of them off. So, you can still write emails, or play games or listen to music on your phone or other device but it's not transmitting. Yet, they now have WiFi in the plane that invites everyone to transmit.

I think the FAA simply runs on an abundance of caution, and believes that people don't really need these items at the critical navigational times below 10,000 feet, so they will continue to ban them regardless of their actual, unknown danger.

OP, while you can't listen during takeoff...just look out the window and enjoy the ride!

 

[jayhawk74]

They claim it can interfere with the plane's electronics. I'm not sure why it doesn't do that above 10,000 feet.

There is just as much a chance that electronics devices will interfere with an aircraft's avionics above 10,000 feet as it will below 10,000 feet. The FAA however believes that being above 10,000 feet will give the pilots more time to solve the problem, as well as it being less likely that the aircraft will hit anything. Basically the FAA likes to be conservative when below 10,000 feet. Another example of this is below 10,000 feet the fastest an aircraft is allowed to fly is 250 knots, above 10,000 feet an aircraft can fly any speed that it is capable of.

 

[Danibelle]

OP: was that a typo or do you really drive 95 MPH on I 75? Please slow down.

 

[Brian Noble]

You may want to get some noise canceling headphones to wear. You do not have to remove them during takeoff and landing

That's correct. You can wear them, but the active "noise cancellation" feature has to be switched off below 10K feet. (And, yes, most flight attendants know exactly where to look to see if the power LED is on or not...)

 

[MissManda]

I think the whole electronics things is covered, but I just wanted to say to the OP that I hope you have a good flight! I remember the first time I flew, I was almost sick to my stomach the night before I was so nervous. I kept of thinking about the "what ifs". Luckily, my first flight was pretty good and I'm now a much better flier.

For me, I personally love the take off. Its my favorite part of the flight. For me its the landing. I hate the feeling of the plane descending (part of this is b/c it really hurts my ears) and landing on the runway. That's when I freak out. I just try and keep myself distracted as much as possible. I talk to whoever I'm flying with. I try to look out the window and see what's going on out there. I don't read much on the plane. I get terribly car sick when reading and so its just not something I do at all when I'm in any sort of motion.

I also take Dramamine before the flight. I tend to get car sick anyways so I take it be safe on a bumpy flight. But also it makes me just a little bit drowsy and so it helps me relax during the flight (of course if you have to get off the plane and drive right after you may not want to take it. But if you are getting on the ME then it might be a good idea.)

Good luck!