[thiscatis]

Less of an issue in economy seats seats but in new business class seats or suites there’s the possibility for a lot of crushing and grinding of the battery of the phone with the mechanical moving components of the seat.

I had it happen to me once but as instructed didn’t move the seat (had to move to another one for landing as it was stuck in the lie flat position).

After landing the maintenance crew had to completely dismantle the back of the seat but they found the phone. The pilots and crew were obviously a bit annoyed as they couldn’t disembark the aircraft with me still on board. But much better result than having to declare PAN PAN.

[khuey]

> I had it happen to me once but as instructed didn’t move the seat (had to move to another one for landing as it was stuck in the lie flat position).

How does that work on a completely full flight?

[dmoy]

Maybe they'd make you do the landing in a jump seat?

[manxman]

There are never completely full flights. Those only exist in your mind as a result of careful operant conditioning.

[markus92]

Never heard of standbys?