If the only reason you're allowed to be offline is because you're on a flight, i think there's much bigger problems that need sorting.

And just say the wifi was down if you don't want to connect; it seems to be down half the time I want to use it anyway.

What psychopathic workplaces is everyone at where they need to lie in order to be offline/not work on a flight??

If flying is one of the few times where you are allowed to be offline, it sounds like a rather 'meh work environment.

I would consider it an extremely toxic environment if I'm expected to be online 24/7. There's a reason our industry has rotating on call...