Ban on phones in flight may be lifted
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...05/29/8378024/
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I figure I can be as busy as anyone, but I can live a few hours on a plane without calling someone. Not to mention when you get a half dozen or so people calling at once, sitting next to each other trying to hear their call over everyone else talking, the engines and whatnot. I even don't mind people using phones in most other public places. After all, many of those palces afford an opportunity to escape. Maybe the back of the plane can be standing room and phone only areas. |
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If I had 300 to drop on something like headphones. I imagine those are good ones. I have some cheapo noise cancelling earbuds I bought on e-bay. They aren't too bad, but not too good either.
But then again, I suppose my social skills listening to Jethro Tull on a plane aren't much better than a cell phone junkie. |
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you can get Sennheiser noise cancelling headphones for less than half that price, and they sound better anyway ;) on the O topic, the current rule says you can't use cell phones because it's a safety issue. If it's really NOT a safety issue then the rule should be abolished. But that doesn't mean individual airlines can't outlaw the things themselves. |
I can see where maybe in the day it was a safety issue. When towers were few and far between around here, I used to put my phone on the dash to get a better signal. When the phone would ring, the radio would cut out, which worked as well as a ringer I guess. Certainly that may have been bad for a plane's navigational equipment. But those were old analog phones that were big enough to be used as weapons.
Something that makes me suspect the effect of modern phones is that I've seen a few hospitals drop cell phone usage rules. Even when my dad was in ICU recently the staff used cells. |
Man, I dunno. I'm with you that I never saw cellies as actually taking a plane down. I'm also with you that a plane full of people on cell phones would be similar to visiting hell. I like to sit back, and try to relax. I'd have to personally insert phones in other people's rectums should this come to pass. Or somthing.
I mean, man, it's bad when you're in the terminal waiting, and someone is just so important they have to talk the entire time. Then you get on, and they won't shut it off until they're made to. Then the SECOND they let you turn them back on...you guessed it: "OKAY WE'RE HERE. NO, I'M STILL ON THE PLANE...WHAT? NO. I'M STILL ON THE PLANE. YEAH WE'LL DO EXACTLY AS WE PLANNED AND I'LL MEET YOU AT HOME. NO, AT HOME. HOME, I SAID AT HOME. OKAY LOVE YOU TOO, BYE." The whole volume thing sucks in such an enclosed space. Damn. I'm bringing a hogtie on a plane if they make cells good to go the entire flight. |
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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. |
They tested this one on Mythbusters. With an old unshielded communications system and the right kind of cell phone, the system went completely haywire. With a modern electronically shielded system, they couldn't affect it no matter how much they tried.
Also, 'noise cancelling' headphones won't help with blocking out someone on a cell phone, because they only remove the constant sounds like engines or air conditioners. You want in-ear 'noise blocking' earphones. |
Well, I'm going to go along the same Lines as Maleficent and Amtrak... If your sooo important that you must talk on your cellphone after liftoff, then you should have a section on the plane sepereated by a small barrier and it will cost a few bucks more.. This way the airlines make out a little bit, and I don't have to hear annoying people yacking away for no particular reason. If your on Business, then the company will pick up the check.. but for $20 more... Many people will just say "forget it.. I'll wait till we land"
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Now that I think of it, I don't really recall a lot of people using the seatback sets for much else. And some airlines have discontinued seatback phone service. I guess in the age of cellular phones, people realize they can wait until the flight is over. Somehow I think though that if the ban is lifted, people will forget that they can wait. |
As an avid user of the seatback phones for the last 5 or 6 years, I am always very aware of my volume, even more than when I'm on the ground. It goes double when I'm packed into coach. My assistants can always tell when I'm calling from the plane because I'm practically whispering to keep from annoying my neighbors. On the ground, however, I usually don't have any sort of idea what my volume is.
If this actually happens, I expect that I'll maintain the same manners. If you're flying United, I'll be the guy hunched over with the phone pressed to his ear. I'd rather be reading, but business now moves at the speed of light. |
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When I was flying 100K + miles a year.. .I was grateful for the 2 hour flight where I was out of touch... Voicemail exists for a reason... Nothing is that earth shattering that it can't wait until I am back on the ground... |
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My business is probably a little different that most peoples in that I get calls on my cell phone at night and on the weekends as a matter of course. I also get emails at odd hours since I do a lot of business in London and a lot of my clients are on the West Coast. But I'm probably the exception to the rule. |
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Hopefully these things won't cause problems with the aircraft electronics.
Portable Cell Phone Blocker http://www.spymodex.com/images/xtad.jpg |
I'm pretty sure those things are illegal.
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Yeah, this seems like an extremely bad idea to pack in your luggage. It may cancel out the cell signal but what else would it cancel out?
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as long as it's not sharp and can't be used as a weapon... and it doesn't get caught in the test for explosives - -you'd be good to go... |
Other less powerful models look exactly like cell phones. Indeed, they're built inside cell phone cases.
But I'd still feel nervous about firing one of those up on a flight without a parachute. :) |
I've never been nervous about flying before, and this is having at least two "assume the crash position" type landings... BUT I'd really be nervous if I thought that the plane could be flummoxed by something purchased from Best Buy... Surely the planes are built a little better than that...
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I'm pretty sure the only reason the phone ban ever started was to get the passengers to use that insanely expensive AirPhone that is on the seat in front of you. Maybe now they just gave up on it.....
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They should definitely have a designated cell phone section on the airplane that charges more - it just makes sense.
Also, if you're skeptical about a cell phone's interference with the airplane electronics why wouldn't you also be with the cell phone blocker (quite possibly the best invention)? Cell phone blocker's are a Godsend. Many churhces, theaters, restaurants are now using them. Hopefully, all the lecture halls on campus will be outfitted as well. It's really a win-win. Now people won't have to worry about "forgeting" to turn off their cell phones in these places so they can concentrate on the matter at hand. |
Well I would hope that the planes are protected from cell phones and cell phone blockers because you know that there are many people who will carry and use these devices on board. There are many models of blockers available so someone must be buying them.
I imagine that those being blocked will just think they are in a bad reception zone or something so they won't even know they are being blocked by someone wanting peace and quiet. The airlines will probably have to do something about these after getting complaints from cell phone users unable to make or receive calls. |
Sure, that's why a designated section on the plane would be ideal. People who want to use cell phones can and those who don't, don't have to hear them.
Cell phone blockers in commercial use are static units. The portable devices are the ones that look like cell phones. I agree that it would be kind of obnoxious for someone to use this abritrarily, deciding who can or cannot use their cell phones as opposed to an area ban like the other types (employed in churches, theaters and restaurants and hopefully lecture halls). Like the people who use the anti-seat recliner device, really obnoxious. Either we all can recline or none of us recline (LOL). |
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