Phones can now be used on landing

[MAN Flyer]

Talk about phones. Recently I discovered that my phone bill included a $2+ charge for data charges in Afghanistan. Having never stepped foot there, I immediately got my accounts dept to call the telco to query the charge. Then suddenly it dawned o n me that the date of the charge coincided with my trip back to Singapore from DME. I must've accidentally left my phone on in my carry-on luggage as we flew over Afghanistan. The GSM signals in that country must've been very strong to have reached the plane 10km in the sky flying at 900+kph!

I've done that over Afghanistan as well. Didn't see it for a few days either then saw sms 'T Mobile : Welcome to Afghanistan'.

On SQ 963 today, they still announced upon landing that mobile phones should not be used until parked at the gate... I guess it takes time for SOPs to be rolled out fleet wide.

Apparently a few places are still not getting with the programme such as Brazil, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea and Taiwan so you will get the old message, and people will still switch their phones on anyway like they already do.

[inix]

Talk about phones. Recently I discovered that my phone bill included a $2+ charge for data charges in Afghanistan. Having never stepped foot there, I immediately got my accounts dept to call the telco to query the charge. Then suddenly it dawned o n me that the date of the charge coincided with my trip back to Singapore from DME. I must've accidentally left my phone on in my carry-on luggage as we flew over Afghanistan. The GSM signals in that country must've been very strong to have reached the plane 10km in the sky flying at 900+kph!

I've been hit once with something like this when I was en-route to PVG. SingTel waived it off though

[SuperJonJon]

My last two SQ flights which coincidentally were yesterday and today didnt have the announcements.

[hjerapa]

i seem to notice its only allowed when landing at changi ?

[kevin-sg]

I heard the announcement when I arrived in SYD 2-weeks ago. The aircraft was taxiing to the terminal.

[ycp81]

Announcement was heard upon arrival in Heathrow and Singapore, but not in Incheon.

[Kyo]

It was allowed upon touchdown from BNE at T3 last night

[SuperJonJon]

Got the announcement yesterday at Manila and I am typing this as we are taxi-ing.

[Wan1dap]

Also allowed at BKK yesterday.

[MAN Flyer]

Allowed on arrival at SGN, MUC and MAN last week.

[hjerapa]

hmm when i landed in jkt, it seems its not allowed...although i think nobody on the plane cares..

[demue]

On SQ 963 today, they still announced upon landing that mobile phones should not be used until parked at the gate... I guess it takes time for SOPs to be rolled out fleet wide.

Same on my flight from NRT to SIN this week. I did have the "pleasure" of traveling UA Y just last week long haul and they did announce that phones could be used after landing.

Slighlty OT, while I'm not a huge UA fan I have to say the updated IFE on their 777s is quite decent and it works from the moment you sit down in your seat until the moment you dock at the gate similar to QR and others. Take a note from that book SQ. Coming in from NRT they announced to shut down personal electronic devices, turning off Krisworld and to put the seat back upright exactly 48mins before touch down just after the captain had come on. Bloody ridiculous.

[Kyo]

45 mins to go, and they do it just to save themselves some trouble at the end. Overkill. OVERKILL. I'm not asking for end-to-end IFE, just start collecting headsets at T-30/25 and for those who have their own headsets, switch off the IFE at T-15. Or change it to Flight Path at T-15. Really boring to expect us (esp those that don't have windows to look at clouds/an empty sea) to just read the same magazine, especially if it's the 8th flight that month or to bring our own magazine...

(technically this should be in the IFE-not-end-to-end thread)

[MAN Flyer]

I agree SQ's IFE and headphones policy is bizarre, especially as more airlines seem to be announcing gate to gate IFE.

On SQ you can't use IFE and headphones on landing but you can use your phone.

[Kyo]

In all fairness, the phones are allowed only after you've landed on the runway... they probably can justify that you've landed safely already anyway...