Oh dear god no.

[Ghoulish Delight]

As if air travel weren't an uncomfortable enough experience, we move ever closer to cell phone use being allowed in-flight. :mad:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8244722/

But Koellner said she expected some kind of compromise solution that would either mandate certain quiet periods on flights or create quiet zones, with the first being the most likely solution.

Oh, shut the f up. You've got stewardesses being assaulted because some jerk can't get another drink or an extra pillow. How well do you think, "Sorry sir, you'll have to hang up on your phone call in the middle of an important deal, it's nappy time," is going to go over?

Vomit.

[Not Afraid]

Cool! I love that I've been able to call from the tarmac recently. Having more connectivity on a flight would certainly make the flight go faster. But, what kind of connection would you get way up there? I can't take to UG at the 405/55 incerchange, let alone miles up.

The only thing that would bother me would be the various ring tones going off. Maybe, like in a theater, you would need to put your phone on silent. Or, if I understand correctly from the article, this would just be expanding the AirTalk service.

[€uroMeinke]

Will they float an armada of cell towers across the pacific, or do you suppose cell zeppelins will take to te air? Which Company will offer the best inflight service? These will be the important questions of our time.

[Matterhorn Fan]

I didn't own a functional watch when I flew last December, so I turned my phone on once to check the time while in the air. I didn't have any service up there, of course. So, I'm interested in these cell zeppelins that Chris speaks of.

What's the "AirTalk service"? Do you mean air phones? I haven't seen one of those on a plane in a long time. Then again, I've been flying odd airlines lately and maybe I've only been on budget planes or something.

If everyone around me on a plane is going to be on their phones, there's going to need to be an in-flight chocolate service as a coping mechanism. And free noise-cancelling headphones.

[€uroMeinke]

Just give me in-flight broadband

[Kevy Baby]

I'd settle for in-flight leg room!

[€uroMeinke]

I'd settle for in-flight leg room!

Virtual leg room?

[Not Afraid]

What's the "AirTalk service"? Do you mean air phones? I haven't seen one of those on a plane in a long time. Then again, I've been flying odd airlines lately and maybe I've only been on budget planes or something.



Air Phones, Air Talk, I only stare at them for hours on a plane, why would I know what they're called? :rolleyes:

Our recent flight to Tokyo had these little divices that were remotes on one side and phones on the other. Pretty cool. I've neveer used one, though. I'm sure the cost in prohibitive.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Sorry babe, but this kind of thing is inevitable. I'm sure that eventually everyone will settle into the routine of shutting off your phones when the "Quiet Time" light dings on. Much how we have accepted non-smoking flights in the last 20 years.

[Prudence]

Will there be phone detectors in the lavatory and will we be warned that federal regulations prohibit tampering with said detector?

"Sir, sir, do you have a phone in there? Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to turn that off."

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I'd settle for in-flight leg room!Hear hear! I haven't flown in years for that very reason.

[Not Afraid]

OMG! Who do I see posting? Could it be our VLF? Good to see you SM! I was thinking about scaring you out of the closet somehow. No, not THAT closet.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Wow. I didn't think air travel could get worse for me. As if fear of plummeting to my death whilst ****ting myself and screaming for people to help me even though they too are plummeting to their deaths wasn't bad enough, I now have to fear being annoyed to death whilst trapped in a tin can, all exits pointing to thin air.

Then again, people can use them on the train, and most people don't. Maybe at the very beginning or very end, but I've only once sat down next to someone who yammered on their phone for an hour.

I just stared at him as coyly as I could by stealing multiple sidways glances and thought, You must be terrified of being alone if you can't spend an hour quietly on the train thinking or reading or writing or something. It kind of made me sad.

Also, how come one is always seated next to a cell phone user who NEVER shuts up enough to let the person they are speaking to get a word in? How come I'm never seated next to the OTHER person who isn't being allowed to talk. I'd much rather be seated next to the ignored cell phone user.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Also, how come one is always seated next to a cell phone user who NEVER shuts up enough to let the person they are speaking to get a word in? How come I'm never seated next to the OTHER person who isn't being allowed to talk. I'd much rather be seated next to the ignored cell phone user.Because cell phone users always land buttered side down.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Heeeee. Cannot mojo you my funny friend, but I would if I could.