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The Real Reasons Phones Are Kept Off Planes
jcatcw writes "Mike Elgan argues that the the real reason that cell phones calls are not allowed is fear of crowd control problems if calls are allowed during flight. Also, the airlines like keeping passengers ignorant about ground conditions. The two public reasons, interference with other systems, could easily be tested, but neither the FAA nor the FCC manage to do such testing."
If they mean controlling what happens on the plane when several people get fed up with the babble of the idiot next to them and shove his phone up his ass, then this might be valid.
Fifteen years ago if you saw someone with a cell phone you knew it was a Doctor or someone with equally important reason to be "on-call". Today you know they are just another servant on a leash!
Professional Politicians are not the solution, they ARE the problem.
Not to mention the imbread fuckers that use that chirp to talk BS. Usually some black fuckwit wannabe gangbanger too that thinks the whole world needs to hear him use a cellphone like a walkie talkie. ARRRRGGGHHHHHH!!!
Oh my... Aren't you a model employee.
Of course, you're still not promotion material until you've missed all your kids birthdays as well.
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