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Cell phones: Poll: Should cell phones be allowed on planes?
- 9/5/07 3:45 PM
that's jabberwocky
by winsoftwareman - 10/24/07 7:41 PM In reply to: Should Cell Phones on Planes Be Allowed No No No by BigJer53man, you will never get it. why can't u whiners just live with it? if they are being too loud, just tell them to freaking shut up!
Please, NO!
by Mister Bill - 9/5/07 10:48 PM In reply to: Poll: Should cell phones be allowed on planes? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Most of us use cell phones, but some people have a serious addiction to always being "on the phone". These people never shut up, and I don't want to be within 5 rows of them on an airplane while they prattle on about everything and nothing for 3 hours. The cascade of ordinary "Yeah, where you at? I just landed" calls after touchdown are only a preview of the non-stop jabbering we'd be subjected to if airplanes are turned into a free-for-all for cell phone users. I think cell phones are wonderful and I'm glad to have one, but why must they be allowed everywhere, at all times? One adverse affect of cell phone use seems to be that so many folks no longer observe the courtesy of taking or making a phone call in an appropriate place. Any place where innocent bystanders have no choice but to overhear your conversation is not a proper place to use a phone. The flight attendants' duties are to see to passengers' safety (first) and comfort (second). Asking them to police the telephone etiquette of people who have no regard for their fellow passengers is not a workable solution. Let those who can't stay off the phone for a few hours travel by train or stay home withh their phones.
Only if the phones are silenced
by C433Z - 9/5/07 10:57 PM In reply to: Poll: Should cell phones be allowed on planes? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
There have to be rules in place that allow phone use if no one talks on them or ever hears them. That would allow for texting, sending emails, games, or listening to music and voicemail (only with headphones) but wouldn't allow anyone to hear someone talk or sound come from the phone.
They would have to strictly enforce the rules as well, making the passenger pay a fine if there are any complaints about that persons cell phone use.
safety
by productcheck - 9/5/07 11:01 PM In reply to: Poll: Should cell phones be allowed on planes? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Phones may or may not be allowed by majority rule. But they should always be functional in case of emergency. Safety first, sleep later. Has a cell phone saved a life yet?
Yes, they SHOULD be allowed!!!
by bballdunker - 9/5/07 11:04 PM In reply to: Poll: Should cell phones be allowed on planes? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I see no reason why they shouldn't be allowed to not use their phones as long as it doesn't affect the plane's safety. Have fun and call away.
Should cell phones be allowed on planes?
by euspos - 9/5/07 11:35 PM In reply to: Poll: Should cell phones be allowed on planes? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
From a technical standpoint, why not? They don't interfere with any navigation/safety equipment.
But from a social standpoint: No - but text messaging should be allowed. But since we really cannot block incoming calls, a total "cell phone off" policy should still remain in effect!
People yacking on cell phones in such a tight environment would just create an unneeded factor of distraction. Sure, some people would be able to handle it nicely and be considerate (me of course....) but a large portion would "yack away" and really not care about their fellow passengers.
Flying is already such a bore on most carriers, and sleep, studying, and booze (in that order) are what keeps us sane. Adding a layer of "cell phone noise" would not make anyone happy.
So, for the sake of the mental well being of the traveling population, allow cell phones on the tarmac, but please after that, SMS only please (if we can figure out a way to block incoming calls).
I base this on experiencies throught Europe where people many times "respectlessly" yack away while on trains, buses, etc. On those modes of transportation, you can either ask the other passenger to move to the "hallway" or go there yourslef. On a plane, there are no such options!
I think it'd be ok, if
by dre.caruana - 9/6/07 12:37 AM In reply to: Poll: Should cell phones be allowed on planes? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
If the phones are checked and everyone knows 200% that they don't interrupt the airplane's signals and communications, then i say you can use them. The only things i would request would be that everyone speak quietly on his phone and not try to communicate both through phone and air. Once the plane is at cruising height, there will be no possibility of a call, if not a satellite phone. On shorter flights, where the plane doews not reach cruising hieght, I don't think there'd be the need to make calls, but who knows...
There'd be a tiny cell on the plane.
by JohnG2 - 11/22/07 4:59 AM In reply to: I think it'd be ok, if by dre.caruanaTo allow phones on the plane there'd need to be a cell (micro or nano or pico cell) on the plane to take the calls. Otherwise the phones would continually turn up their power as the plane got higher. So you wouldn't be able to use them until you got to cruising altitude. i.e switched of like now. then the aircraft cell would handle a limited number of calls probably via satellite. If the airlines are clever they'll have a soundproofed booth where you have to go to use it. I can't see it being a cheap thing either, maybe 3 dollars a minute?
NO CELL PHONES... EVER... EVER
by sfreiberg - 9/6/07 12:45 AM In reply to: Poll: Should cell phones be allowed on planes? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I am a multi-engine, instrument rated, commercial pilot. Do you know how the bad guys trigger IEDs. With a CELL PHONE. I really don't care how important you think you are, if you open a cell phone in my airplane you will be escorted to the door with Prejudice. If there any questions you can explain you're problems to the FBI and a federal judge. I press a button and you are instantly wisk away into neverland by the feds with no questions ask. Bells, lights, whistles, the bomb squad, the Army and the media news feeds world wide. It has to be that way or you can take the bus... ABSOLUTELY has to be that way. If I'm wrong you can sue me. If I'm right the survivors can sue you. You're "really important", and this is a "special circumstance", and you must make "just this one call" and I don't get to see my son married, or my wife's roses, or my grandchildren.
NEVER
NEVER
NEVER
Cell phones on planes - NO WAY!!!
by Chalfontlad - 9/6/07 1:14 AM In reply to: Poll: Should cell phones be allowed on planes? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
It is bad enough sitting on a train listening to morons phoning their pals etc telling them " Oooh, we just passed ..... Station, I'll be home soon and did you get....." and all other rubbish that seems to be talked about loudly on a cell phone. Imagine being at 30,000 feet and here some idiot phoning all and sundry and telling them loudly that they just flew over the Grand Canyon/Mount Washington/mid point of Pacific/North Pole!!
It is said that only rain and bird **** falls out of the sky - maybe cell phones will join that elite club!
Definitely NOT voice; perhaps texting
by konilu - 9/6/07 1:16 AM In reply to: Poll: Should cell phones be allowed on planes? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm a frequent flyer, and I am appalled at how loud people talk on their cell phones. Sitting in an airline lounge, trying to read or work on your computer, there is always some blowhard dictating to his secretary/staff or some clown relating his entire vacation to his children and friends. It is impossible not to listen, and there is nowhere to escape. People having conversations with one another generally speak in conversational tones, and it can be ignored. But people shout into a cell phone. And in my experience, the less they have to say, the louder and longer they talk. It would excruciating on a plane. It's bad enough on the bus, train, metro and waiting rooms. Flying is difficult enough. I'm not even sure texting is such a good idea with the clicketty clack mentioned earlier.
Absolutely NOT
by acoltd - 9/6/07 1:36 AM In reply to: Poll: Should cell phones be allowed on planes? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
When you are a seasoned traveler like me (worked in 33 countries, no idea how mant I been in) an airline flight is a place of refuge where nobody can get ahold of you and you can actually relax, take a breather. Can you image sitting on a plane with 200 different ringtones, talkaholics, pace while I talkaholic, write while I talkaholic, etc, etc. Cell phones - planes, I say nay!
GEE wiz wow!
by Kattmanduu - 9/6/07 1:42 AM In reply to: Poll: Should cell phones be allowed on planes? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
If you look at history a bit, and or read the 911 commission report
cell phones were already being used on airliners. Or were all those calls that were said to have been made by the folks using cell phones
on the hijacked planes were just lies made up by the government.
All this big fuss being made now, 6 years later, only proves that the government lied in their report (cover-up) on what happened on 911.
I know that there are air phones on some airlines, but if these guys
were smart enough to fly stunts in 767's and were able to make NORAD
not intercept them and shoot them down, or even fly their fighters over a hundred miles away from Wash DC, you might think that they would think about the air phone systems on the planes too, and to disable them, to prevent any of the passengers from calling out for help. If cell phones worked on airliners in 2001 why don't they work today?
No, possibly true!
by JohnG2 - 11/22/07 5:03 AM In reply to: GEE wiz wow! by KattmanduuAs the aircraft were flying at very low altitude some phones were probably within range of the ground cell network. I expect they kept getting cut off as they flew between one transmitter and the next but it's possible.
lol
by tommorley - 9/6/07 2:24 AM In reply to: Poll: Should cell phones be allowed on planes? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
this is a bit of a joke, surely the signal would die every 2 seconds!
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