Comments on: Cellphones cleared for takeoff?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:54:58 +0000

On NPR earlier, they played an interview with a guy from RyanAir. He said that if you don’t like the phone calls, just get on a better airline :) They definitely don’t have any delusions about their position on the food chain.

By: Roy

Roy — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 05:58:13 +0000

it’s not like celphone, or ipod, usage is going to crash the plane. I’m sure that RyanAir has figured a way to turn this into a profit center… otherwise what’s the motivation?
Or said in a different way, when was the last time the airline industry did anything to improve our experence didn’t charge extra for it?

By: steve

steve — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:59:42 +0000

personally, i dont care if they let us use cell phones or not, i was just telling what i viewed as a more approtate way.
as long as im allowed to have my iPod im fine, cause i just pop that in, and disconect from the world.

By: Emory

Emory — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:36:02 +0000

After my 10 hour flight back from germany sitting 2 rows from 3 seperate screaming children/loud, obnoxious adults, I seriously would much prefer if flights had a whisper rule, or at least a low talking rule. airplanes are the LAST place we need people yelling and making others uncomfortable

By: steve

steve — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:39:49 +0000

cell phone calls should only be allowed for trans-oceanic flights, where the flight times reach the double digit hour lengths. For a 2 hour trip from nyc to chicago, you can take a break from the office/signafante other/life

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:17:42 +0000

I’m split on the idea of allowing cellphones on planes. Airlines already offer inflight calls at a premium. I’m sure that the noise from cell phone users may very well be kept at a minimum thanks to the charges I imagine which will be incurred for connecting. Maybe airlines should adopt some sort of call-free times during a flight preventing passengers from becoming too stressed with annoying callers.