Dreyfus sorry over flight phone fracas Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has apologised after airport security scolded him for failing to switch off his mobile phone on a plane during takeoff. The incident occurred on a Qantas domestic flight last week and came to light after a fellow passenger contacted a Melbourne radio station. A spokeswoman for Mr Dreyfus said a flight attendant escalated the matter after the attorney-general had been checking his emails during takeoff. "He was reminded by a passenger and a flight attendant to turn his phone off and he complied with this request," the spokeswoman said in a statement on Thursday. The flight attendant informed the captain of this occurrence. The attorney-general was met on arrival by an airport security manager who reminded him of the rules. The attorney-general regrets the incident and has apologised to the passenger who made the complaint and to the airport security manager. But a man identified only as "Captain Mobile" told Melbourne's 3AW that the pilot came to speak with Mr Dreyfus after he refused a flight attendant's request to switch off the phone. "The pilot was requested to come down and talk to him, he still declined (to turn off the phone)," the caller said. Mr Dreyfus became attorney-general in February following the resignation of Nicola Roxon.