Mobile Phones on Aircraft
Sep 7th, 2007, 11:07 PM
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Mobile Phones on Aircraft
This story is in the News in the UK. I cant imagine anything worse than sitting anywhere near some bored person who decides to ring all his/her friends and chat in a loud voice about rubbish just to let them know that they are flying, OMG the horror of it.
The link leads you to the Newspaper and there is a link to click if you wish to signal your opposision to this
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ma...-mobile108.xml
PLEASE TAKE THE FEW SECONDS TO PASS THIS ON TO ALL ON YOUR CONTACT LIST.
engine noise and babies are bad enough I dont want to listen to a phone conversation
The link leads you to the Newspaper and there is a link to click if you wish to signal your opposision to this
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ma...-mobile108.xml
PLEASE TAKE THE FEW SECONDS TO PASS THIS ON TO ALL ON YOUR CONTACT LIST.
engine noise and babies are bad enough I dont want to listen to a phone conversation
Sep 7th, 2007, 11:10 PM
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Sep 7th, 2007, 11:32 PM
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At least for now, US based airlines are banned by FAA to allow cellphone use.
The technology is there and there were actual hearings about this issue, but (thank god), FAA ruled against it because majority of the letter writers, e-mailers, and the witnesses at the hearinhs were against it.
AA is will be trying internet wireless service on their flights starting in few months, but the VOiP will be blocked, so the passengers won't be able to use Skype.com or similar services.
http://www.aa.com/content/amrcorp/pr...ectivity.jhtml
The technology is there and there were actual hearings about this issue, but (thank god), FAA ruled against it because majority of the letter writers, e-mailers, and the witnesses at the hearinhs were against it.
AA is will be trying internet wireless service on their flights starting in few months, but the VOiP will be blocked, so the passengers won't be able to use Skype.com or similar services.
http://www.aa.com/content/amrcorp/pr...ectivity.jhtml
Sep 8th, 2007, 04:44 AM
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I just read a couple days ago a huge announcement from China's Shenzhen Airlines that they'll let passengers use cellphone very soon.
One thing much worse than chatty Americans talking on cellphones is chatty Chinese talking cellphones!
One thing much worse than chatty Americans talking on cellphones is chatty Chinese talking cellphones!
Sep 9th, 2007, 02:37 AM
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The FAA has never banned cellular telephones on board aircraft. The FCC is the agency that prohibits their use.
The FAA gives airlines wide discretion in their approval or prohibition of the use of personal electronic devices (including phones) aboard their aircraft, with a handful of exceptions (such as electric razors).
The FAA gives airlines wide discretion in their approval or prohibition of the use of personal electronic devices (including phones) aboard their aircraft, with a handful of exceptions (such as electric razors).
Sep 9th, 2007, 08:37 AM
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Well in the USA, you can now use your mobile phone on many airlines the instant the wheels touch the tarmac...flying into the UK, they annouce you can't use your mobile phones till you are inside the terminal but nobody pays any attention to it anyway.
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