Just a few days ago you were lamenting the FAA/airlines' inaction on cargo bay fire suppression systems.
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Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone Banned From All U.S. Flights
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Just a few days ago you were lamenting the FAA/airlines' inaction on cargo bay fire suppression systems.
It think it's going to be a problem. My sister- in-law said that during her recent flight from Texas, passengers were instructed to turn off all Samsung phones. I'll be leaving my S7edge at home and taking my SE and Pixel on flights. I travel with a group once a year across country and do not want to be the one holding up the group.
I remember having to work in many offices and be forced to inhale 2nd hand smoke all day long.I remember working in an office where you could smoke at your desk
Thankfully those days are gone.
The answer is that they've already started banning you from putting these things in your checked bags and they're assuming that since reports of iPhones catching fire are not something that has ever been frequent enough (or completely unexplainable) to become this big of a concern. These are bad batteries, they're bad phones, and they're probably all prone to fires eventually. It's only been a couple of months, can you imagine a couple of years?
I doubt that's the case. I fly 4-8 times a week and it is consistently the Note 7 they refer to, if they said otherwise it's just a matter of a flight attendant not understanding what she is supposed to be saying after going off script. The last flight I was on, they kept calling it the galaxy 7 after they read off the "official" announcement.
disregard my prior post, I see the distinction you are making and it isn't a double standard.
On the other hand, maybe they won't force workers to do 100 hours overtime per month anymore and reduce the suicide rate that way. See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/13/leaked_samsung_doc_highlights_toxic_culture/
You won this forum, sir... and gave me the exact names of the people I need to block.
Such as mail it to yourself... which could also end up on another plane... in the cargo hold this time.
Life is full of risk, banning the phone is getting the word out about a consumer electronic device with a small - but significantly larger that any similar device - chance of catching fire. That should greatly reduce the number that end up on aircraft through any of the various avenue they could. I expect there will still be quite a few that fly.
If I were a Note 7 owner I'd be taking advantage of the recall ASAP.
I believe that's an exhaust port, bud. (Been a while since I made a joke on these thread,..little rusty)
This has to be one of the funniest tech-related stories from the past 10 years. Very entertaining.
No, simply take it back home and leave it there. Easy. Hopefully, for most people, having to do that just one time will be enough to not try and bring it on board a second time.
The FAA is one of those fun organizations that has the duel responsibilities of both promoting and regulating the same industry. It can make for some interesting internalized conflicts of interest. I've heard people calling for the agency to be split for some time now.
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kdarling may have this at their fingertips but I know there have been battery fires in cargo holds previously and I believe the JetBlue crash was due to a cargo hold fire (although I can't recall exactly and it may not have been battery related).
So you have no problem with Apple doing all those things? Evading taxes, planned obsolescence, false advertising, etc? My god... you ARE an apologist.
Excuse me kind sir, but when did i ever say that, pray tell? I merely noticed you ripping all these people for discussing Samsung's problems... and say you would NEVER do that... but you clearly have. I merely provided but one example where you DID.
Some people are amazing.
That's appalling. I had no idea they treated their employees like that. I had heard that people were sleeping in their offices to meet deadlines but I've known people to do that in the US, too, in certain extraordinary situations. They take it to another level altogether. But I'm curious about the English profanity used. Do they speak English in their Korean offices and factories or does the abuse extend to employees in North America, too?
I didn't rip people for discussing Samsungs problems. I called out petulance for CELEBRATING their failures. KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
Oh come on. If this was Apple Samsung and others would already have commercials out. Remember this?
Seeing how you talk to people on here, i think you are fully unqualified to lecture anyone on their behavior. I have a daughter that i intend to try very hard to teach never to talk to people the way that you do. Good day sir.