This sucks. If you are on a plane with me, and I have to sit and listen to your dumb conversation, I may be tempted to accidentally unload an air sickness bag into your lap.
From CNN.com
From crying babies to low-quality catering, flying is full of irritations, but these may all soon be eclipsed by the introduction of in-flight cell phones. A new survey has found that the majority of business travelers are opposed to allowing cell phone use on board aircraft, doubtless quaking at the prospect of a red-eye ruined by ring tones and chatter.
Until now, most airlines have outlawed phone use, claiming possible interference with aircraft electronics. The ban also prevents onboard cell phones disrupting communications on the ground as they sweep through regionalized networks at high speed.
But all this is set to change from December 2006, following revisions by U.S. federal regulators. Soon, flights will be able to carry an onboard transmitter that will link the aircraft to satellites, allowing passengers to use their mobile phones as normal.
But, according to a study by Carlson Wagonlit Travel, which quizzed 2,100 business travelers and 650 travel managers, most are unlikely to welcome the phones. “If airlines are listening to their most frequent travelers, they may want to shelve any thought of allowing cell phone use during flight,” says CWT’s Business Travel Indicator survey.
Well, there ya have it. I’m not the only one who doesn’t want to listen to your dumb conversation.
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