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First Cellphone Use On Airplane Given OK

Posted by Zonk on from the last-bastion-of-quiet-removed dept.

s31523 writes "With over 1 billion cell phone users worldwide, and with so many business travelers, using the cell phone on the airplane has been a recent hot topic. Emirate airlines is announcing they will give the OK for cell phone use on their planes, making them the first airline to do so. The FCC and FAA still ban the use, but are working to determine safety implications, if any."

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  1. Re:To those confused by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Ah... the Radical Muslim answer to being offended.

  2. It isn't so much the gabbing... by gatkinso · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...as much as it is the stupid as hell ringtones.

    Do I really need to see another fatass American standing in line to the crapper.... only to have his ringtone blare out "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy."

    --
    I am very small, utmostly microscopic.
  3. Re:To those confused by Irish_Samurai · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Its gonna get modded as flamebait or a troll, but I have a question.

    Why is someones use of a cellphone superseded by your displeasure at them using it? Honestly.

    I'm not saying I disagree with your perspective, but "because it annoys me" is not a justifiable argument. Cigarette smoking was banned because it affected people with asthma and other respiratory conditions adversely and there was no method of escaping the second hand smoke.

    Noises are not the same.