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Last week I had what felt like a really long transatlantic flight and soon as we landed in Charlotte, NC and we were at the gate waiting to stand up, some guy is jabbering on his cell phone to his wife and literally 50 people were captive to his conversation, he was talking so loud you couldnt block it out. It got to the point I was answering him out loud as if I was on the phone with him. I am not normally a violent person but I have to be honest, some anger was brewing and I couldve laid this guy out had the penalties for doing such been not so severe on an airplane.
The idea of cell phones on planes is very, very dangerous one and I am certain we will see people munching on fists.
Could you imagine 4, 5, 6 even 8 hours of hearing someone jibberjabber about the latest gossip!
I frequently take the bus during the day and have to put up with idiots who talk loudly on their cell phones so that everyone can hear them. Sometimes there are many conversations going on at once. I can only imagine how annoying that would be on a plane where people are in a confined space for much longer than a bus trip.
The last time I flew, I had a small child constantly try to crawl all over me because his mother couldn't hang on to him in her lap. Six hours of the kid trying to climb in my lap, knocking over my food, hitting me in the head, kicking me etc etc. So now another potential misery will be on the list of why I hate to fly.
Last week I had what felt like a really long transatlantic flight and soon as we landed in Charlotte, NC and we were at the gate waiting to stand up, some guy is jabbering on his cell phone to his wife and literally 50 people were captive to his conversation, he was talking so loud you couldnt block it out. It got to the point I was answering him out loud as if I was on the phone with him. I am not normally a violent person but I have to be honest, some anger was brewing and I couldve laid this guy out had the penalties for doing such been not so severe on an airplane.
The idea of cell phones on planes is very, very dangerous one and I am certain we will see people munching on fists.
Could you imagine 4, 5, 6 even 8 hours of hearing someone jibberjabber about the latest gossip!
Yes, I agree. The flight attendant's union has also come out against it.
IMO this is a bad idea. Although I am now retired, I traveled approximately 75K miles a year, dealing with every conceivable negative aspect of people. I do not understand the reliance of people on cell phones, tweeting and apps that no matter where I go, people have their faces in an electronic gadget. We went out to dinner last night at a sushi bar and a young couple sat down...immediately they had their phones in the faces. I can't understand how anything can be MORE important that you can't have a conversation with your partner or whoever.
We bought an RV to travel in as we were sick and tired of being cattle prodded on airplanes. Now we sit high up and watch all the idiot drivers weaving all over the road while they talk and text while driving. Love my air horn for this!
The scary part is, if the FCC and FAA lifted current restrictions against voice calls, there are several airlines that could immediately begin allowing them. Any airline that offers in-flight wi-fi would simply remove any settings that prevent VOIP calls. Then anyone with a wi-fi enabled phone, tablet or laptop could talk away.
If an airline has an airborne picocell system installed, then passengers could use their GSM phones to make calls. Cellular devices not engaged in a call would be blocked from transmitting to the ground, alleviating safety concerns (except for the safety of the guy in 3A who is trying to talk over the engine noise ). Currently, airlines that have these systems are not allowed to even have them on in US airspace - even if they are being used for texting and internet only..
Without either type of system, the phones would probably not be able to reach a tower at cruising altitude. Also, airlines would still have to pay for the same kind of testing that is used to approve use of portable electronic devices in flight for use with wi-fi or picocell systems.
I don't think it's the end of the world. If you put on ear buds and speak quietly, that's not going to bother anyone. If I were to make a phone call, and you're sitting behind me, I guarantee you won't even know it.
Shouting -- naturally, that's going to be a problem with or without a phone. It's a common courtesy thing.
Let the flight attendants announce it during takeoff: Passengers may make phone calls over our snazzy new $10/hour service. But we request that you keep the volume down; anyone who is being disturbed, call for an attendant and we'll ask the passenger to hang up.
I don't think it's the end of the world. If you put on ear buds and speak quietly, that's not going to bother anyone. If I were to make a phone call, and you're sitting behind me, I guarantee you won't even know it.
Shouting -- naturally, that's going to be a problem with or without a phone. It's a common courtesy thing.
Let the flight attendants announce it during takeoff: Passengers may make phone calls over our snazzy new $10/hour service. But we request that you keep the volume down; anyone who is being disturbed, call for an attendant and we'll ask the passenger to hang up.
Simple as that.
Although your post seems very rational and one that has the potential to work, I am afraid you havent spent much time around the human race recently.
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IN Asia you can have 50 people carrying on conversations in a subway car. (Sometimes we have 4 different calls going on in a TAXI). In USA folks seem to feel they have to YELL. When you fly to USA from Asia, it is the first thing you notice in the US terminal /// people yelling at their phones.
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It would be torture to have to sit next to someone yacking the entire flight.
). Currently, airlines that have these systems are not allowed to even have them on in US airspace - even if they are being used for texting and internet only..
