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Story: First in-flight mobile call made on Emirates plane

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Silent mode...

This works *so* well in the cinema, doesn't it? A little message telling people to turn their phones off or to silent is all it takes. Or not.

While it's about time the "powers that be" admitted that there's no threat to equipment, signals and the like through mobile phone use on an aircraft it's pretty obvious this was for financial reasons. Now that they can force calls through a tube and charge you a mint for it, it's suddenly OK.

So now I'm going to get annoyed by rich people on long-haul flights yelling that "I AM ON A PLANE!!!!" and mobiles going off when I'm trying to sleep as I can guarantee the "turn your phone to silent" message will be ignored.

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