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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. To those confused by MindStalker · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To those confused, the real problem with cell phone use on airplanes is that you are traveling so fast that you are switching towers once every minute or so. One person is fine, millions doing it (which is what would happen if legal) would be a HUGE strain on cell phone networks. Airlines are installing cellphone tower equipment into their plane to eliminate this problem.

    That is all class.

    1. Re:To those confused by fdrebin · · Score: 5, Insightful
      The other problem will be ME going postal when the impolite person sitting next to me yaks and yaks for 5 hours straight on a flight.

      OK, I won't have a firearm, but I am large, strong, and will have become extremely psychotic.

      /F

      --
      Stupidity... has a habit of getting its way.
  2. Keep the ban for the sake of quiet by Retired+Replicant · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't care if they determine that there is no need to ban cellphones because of interference with plane electronics -- I'd still rather the ban is kept anyway in order to keep flights from turning into cacophonous gab-fests. Flights are already uncomfortable and headache-inducing anyway...lets not make them noisy as well.