Ipad 3g allowed on the plane ?

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Hi
I want to either get the 3g or std wi-fi ipad but not sure if one will be allowed to use the 3g on a place?

since it will be the same as using a phone in flight mode witch is not allowed in SA.

you think they will allow this device ? since it is the main reason I am getting one.?
 
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iPhones tend to get away with being used on a plane. Never had an attendant ask me to put it away. They're probably not sure if you're using an iPod Touch or an iPhone so they just leave you alone. Hopefully the same thing will happen with the iPad - they won't know if it's the Wi-Fi only version or the 3G version and will thus leave you alone ;)
Same goes with a laptop with a built-in 3G card - no way of them distinguishing which laptops have built-in 3G cards or not so they basically allow all laptops :)
 
It's only hen taking off and landing when your not allowed to use it
 
TheGuy said:
It's only hen taking off and landing when your not allowed to use it
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Yes, in like all the sane countries in the world. Here they specifically say that you aren't allowed to use your phone, even if it's on airplane mode...
 
It's called "Lies to Children"... your wireless/3G/Cellular device will have zero effect on the plane... a couple hundred phones rapidly connecting and disconnecting from cellular base stations as the plane flys overhead will however "burn out" the tower.. well, 10 years ago at least.

But since we don't care about mobile operators and their base stations, the airlines instead tell us using a cellphone will cause the plane to fall out the sky, and we'll all die. Lies to Children.
 
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On a recent flight to Cape town, we had just reached cruising altitude, so I pulled out my iPhone, switched it on airplane mode, and was about to start listening to some music when the air-steward said I was not to use an iPhone - airplane mode or not. WTF ? Airplane mode switches the transmitter off and renders it into just a media player. Okay....so I switched it off and pulled out my iTouch, wirelessly hooked up my bluetooth headphones to the iTouch and settled down to listen to the music. Blow me down, the oke comes back and says no bluetooth headphones allowed ????? I travel to the USA every year, and have never been stopped while flying around the USA. I don't know who the daft one is - the air steward, or the airline company....but I think it is the airline company, as he is probably just doing as he was taught in his training. I work with electronics every day, down to component level, repairs and building up of circuitry, and I know for a fact that it cannot cause interference - when the phone side of an iPhone is switched off.
 
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surfs-up said:
On a recent flight to Cape town, we had just reached cruising altitude, so I pulled out my iPhone, switched it on airplane mode, and was about to start listening to some music when the air-steward said I was not to use an iPhone - airplane mode or not. WTF ? Airplane mode switches the transmitter off and renders it into just a media player. Okay....so I switched it off and pulled out my iTouch, wirelessly hooked up my bluetooth headset to the iTouch and settled down to listen to the music. Blow me down, the oke comes back and says no bluetooth headphones allowed ????? I travel to the USA every year, and have never been stopped while flying around the USA. I don't know who the daft one is - the air steward, or the airline company....but I think it is the airline company, as he is probably just doing as he was taught in his training. I work with electronics every day, down to component level, repairs and building up of circuitry, and I know for a fact that it cannot cause interference - when the phone side of an iPhone is switched off.
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No Bluetooth either?? That just sux!! Why are the SA flight companies so paranoid when these devices are allowed in first world countries. Joys people, joys!!
 
when using my Itouch i have often been asked if it was a Iphone or a Itouch... and when I say Itouch I need to take it out the sleeve to show them....
Wont be long before they will learn the difference between a Ipad wi-fi and the 3g ....

I have seen many people using kindles ... and they have 3g .
 
Wow, air stewards already know the difference between an iPhone and iPod Touch? They'll then definitely catch onto the different iPads.
I was just about to say that I've never been asked to put my Kindle away, but then again, I haven't used it on a plane yet ;)
We need to get them to change this stupid regulation!!!
 
Come to think of it, where would we report it to? ACSA?? Think we better get a petition started or all just start complaining on Hello Peter :)
 
rapidblue said:
Wow, air stewards already know the difference between an iPhone and iPod Touch? They'll then definitely catch onto the different iPads.
I was just about to say that I've never been asked to put my Kindle away, but then again, I haven't used it on a plane yet ;)
We need to get them to change this stupid regulation!!!
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Hosties are, for the most part, technically savvy. Do you have any idea how many of them have iPhones?? LOL Let me tell you... A hell of a lot.

Cellphones will not be allowed on Airplanes until the network carriers turn off ALL the devices that are known to cause interference (eg old Nokia 3110/5110/6110, old 2.5Watt Motorolas etc).
Its a process of natural attrition. We just have to wait for those phones to go completely out of circulation. I imagine its getting close to the breakeven point of simply replacing those old devices in active use with new ones. While the newer phones don't cause any problems, the CAA is not allowed to discriminate based on what cellphone you have. So its down to the lowest common denominator...

And yes, before anyone asks, the older phones do cause problems, mainly with the fire suppression systems. They are known to trigger false fire alerts, and that is a no go or turn around item for the flight deck.

If you have a problem with the regulation, write to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), and to the network carriers (MTN, Vodacom etc). Its not an ACSA or Airline regulation. They have no say in the matter.
 
ScrnScrm said:
Hosties are, for the most part, technically savvy. Do you have any idea how many of them have iPhones?? LOL Let me tell you... A hell of a lot.

Cellphones will not be allowed on Airplanes until the network carriers turn off ALL the devices that are known to cause interference (eg old Nokia 3110/5110/6110, old 2.5Watt Motorolas etc).
Its a process of natural attrition. We just have to wait for those phones to go completely out of circulation. I imagine its getting close to the breakeven point of simply replacing those old devices in active use with new ones. While the newer phones don't cause any problems, the CAA is not allowed to discriminate based on what cellphone you have. So its down to the lowest common denominator...

And yes, before anyone asks, the older phones do cause problems, mainly with the fire suppression systems. They are known to trigger false fire alerts, and that is a no go or turn around item for the flight deck.

If you have a problem with the regulation, write to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), and to the network carriers (MTN, Vodacom etc). Its not an ACSA or Airline regulation. They have no say in the matter.
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Hmmm... ok, but then how come the phones are allowed on planes in the States? They still use Motorola W230's there and those are GSM models that don't support flight mode... There they ask you to turn those off but if you have a phone with flight mode then you may use it with flight mode active. Guess they allowed to be biased in the States? Think we need to be biased here too!!
 
Oh, and by the ways - I used my Kindle on a local flight the other day - the hostesses didn't even look twice - he he ;)
 
rapidblue said:
how come the phones are allowed on planes in the States?
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Because the USA falls under the FAA, and South Africa falls under the SA CAA :)

Seriously though, the CAA is far more @n@l than the FAA. The CAA mantra seems to be "trust no one". Compare a FAA ATP with a CAA ATP and you will get the just of what I mean...
 
ScrnScrm said:
Because the USA falls under the FAA, and South Africa falls under the SA CAA :)

Seriously though, the CAA is far more @n@l than the FAA. The CAA mantra seems to be "trust no one". Compare a FAA ATP with a CAA ATP and you will get the just of what I mean...
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Funny we belong to a more @n@l organisation than the States - doesn't happen often hey...
 
I have used my 3G iPad on all flights with no problems - yet. As someone else pointed out, maybe they don't know what it is yet (locally anyway). I used my 3G iPad from Chicago to London on American Airlines, and from London to Joburg on British Airways, and have done several local flights on SAA with iPad, and no problems or questions

Oh, I have had all sorts of hassles trying to use my iPhone on flights though - in flight mode, for music listening
 
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surfs-up said:
I have used my 3G iPad on all flights with no problems - yet. As someone else pointed out, maybe they don't know what it is yet (locally anyway). I used my 3G iPad from Chicago to London on American Airlines, and from London to Joburg on British Airways, and have done several local flights on SAA with iPad, and no problems or questions

Oh, I have had all sorts of hassles trying to use my iPhone on flights though - in flight mode, for music listening
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Ja, probably don't know what it is "yet", same with the Kindle ;)
 
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