India is close to 500 million mobile users. India is also flying, more and more every day. Most of us, who fly, have minimum of one mobile phone. In flights we are suppose to keep our phones switched off. It interferes with the navigation system. Most of the people do switch off. All of us fear death. Some brave ones don't, as they want to see if at 35,000 feet also they can catch the signal) Just a test!
But guess what, the moment the flight touches down, You start hearing-- ring- ring, ting tong, hello-hello-hello, " Yes it is taxiing" " We have landed". etc etc. Airhostess make the announcements, take a walk, request, order to switch it off,’ till the time the flight has come to complete stop and captain has switched off the seat belt sign”. All the educated and well to do people, try to hide their phones from the moving airhostess. She becomes like the school teacher for some time
What this tells us? Mobile technology has moved leaps and bound, at a pace which made it affordable to common men- domestic help also. Airplane technology has not kept pace as they need to find solution, where the planes navigation system can work independently of mobile technology interference.
What has not changed or should we say changed is human behavior. Who will bell the "Human" is the next big social and economic opportunity. Technology has to play a role in this for sure.
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I agree Amber. In fact I have a few thoughts on this as well. I was once privy to a similar situation where a businessman from delhi was talking to his driver when the plane has just touched the runway - "I have just touched down. Make sure you are at the exit to carry my luggage". A south indian middle-aged lady, requested him to switch off his phone but he didnt. After repeated requests she yelled at him " Switch off the phone or I will file an FIR against you for putting the lives of hundreds at risk!" The potly businessman receded, switched off the mobile phone and took in a thousand stares from fellow passenegers. Here is my question - Forget the fact that people disregard the law and use the phone, why don't people sitting next to them get furious at the fact that his or her life is in danger because of this. Nobody thinks that by using the phone, the fellow passenger is putting you at as much risk as a hijacker would! And what we do is take out our bigger, better phone and make the call to our maid at home, instructing her to make Alu pokaros for the evening snack. Aall izz well!
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