[thayne]

Well, if they are transmitting, at least in theory it would be possible to detect that transmission. Though I would be kind of surprised if they actually put much effort into actually enforcing it.

[SomeBoolshit]

But then why is inflight wifi a thing?

[sokoloff]

Under FAA rules (what I’m familiar with, EU/DE/ICAO is probably similar), the air carrier can determine which portable electronic devices to allow.

The law (it’s short): https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/91.21

An advisory circular relating to it: https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/...

This allows an air carrier to approve anything they’re confident won’t cause an issue but not approve AirTags.

[savoytruffle]

If they want to defeat tracking, they can enforce their baggage employees not to bring iPhones to work. Of course eventually on the plane, the luggage will be like ten feet below hundreds of people who might have an iPhone!