Originally Posted by
PerpetualFlyer
I'm confuseded, they plane looks all nice and shiny and super modern but in the top picture, notice the Nokia old school brick of a phone!
Edit: Just noticed everyone else beat me to it
Interesting story about the phones.....
We had no ACARS in the airplanes and so no way to communicate with the company. Remember, this was 10+ years ago and cell phones, while everywhere, were still not quite as ubiquitous as they are today. And people didn't want to use their own phones. So the company put these Nokia cell phones in the airplane. I don't know if they had an plan that allowed them to only call the company or not, but theft was not an issue.
The batteries were changed out daily as part of the daily MX check when the mechanics would come by to do what they do.
It was a good way to keep in touch with the company. Forward thinking. Proactive thinking. Unlike many US companies.....