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Old 05-24-2006, 02:07 AM   #8 (permalink)
maleficent
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I had questioned a while back why they didn't allow cell phone being turned on planes, as well as other electronics - and i stumbled into a pilot forum... they were pretty much split 50/50 as to whether electronics and/or cell phones cause interferance with communications equipment.. navigation equipment (which is the claim) was unaffected, but they would occassionally get feedback on communcation witht he tower.

That said.. People usin cell phones in flight would need their own section... Amtrak got sick of the customer complaints of people using cell phones on the Metroliners and instituted a quiet car...made people happy... I don't need to hear other people's conversations let alone their cell phone conversations...

Can you hear it now?
(Yelling into phone) HI Can you hear me now?
Guess where I am
I'm on the plane
OK< now let me talk about something completely non meaningful in hopes of really annoying my fellow passengers.
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