Power management in NM

[Andrey Batyiev <batyiev qarea com>]

Hello

I'm trying to figure out power management policies in NM. My app sometimes need 
to connect to Wi-Fi network even if user powered down Wi-Fi card (to save 
battery charge). Main problem here is an airplane/aircraft/flight mode, when 
user expects Wi-Fi to be offline at all times.

My question is: am I correct, there is no way to distinguish between situation 
"Wi-Fi is powered down for power savings" and situation "Wi-Fi is powered down 
because of airplane regulations"? As far as I am understand right now, NM have 
only enable/disable switch for each device type, and there is no global 
"airplane mode" switch, right? What is your opinion on implementing such 
switch?


Thanks,
Andrey