Ryanair won’t let me use ‘flight mode’

On Thursday I’m flying to Dublin for Unlimited Drinks on one of Europe’s most-used and least-loved budget airlines Ryanair.  I have, in the past, been terribly bored on Ryanair flights because they ban the use of any mobile phones during the journey… even if they’re in ‘flight mode’.  That means no games, no music and no video on the iPhone.

I checked again this morning to see if anything had changed in that respect and found it hadn’t, but in my search I came across this news: Ryanair will be one of the first airlines to fit-out their fleet for in-flight voice and data (due Summer 2008).

So when I can pay Ryanair a huge amount for the privilidge it will be fine to use my phone, but until then it’s not safe to even turn it on?  How come other airlines don’t have a problem with this?

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