Mobile phone's on planes, what do you think

[slowflow (Barry)]

Bugger, I used to travel a lot, >10 international pa and that was one of the best things. No contact from boarding, sometimes I even 'boarded early'.

People think work travel is great, but it is just work & everything is more difficult (time zones , family etc you only know if you've been there), over it.

[allan gould]

The use of mobiles is banned on all Japanese transport. Period.
Should do it here.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

I'd pay extra for a quiet zone on the plane. No phones, no babies, children, drunks, snorers...

Surprised the money grabbing ***** haven't thought of that before

[Steffen]

Oh, lay off the children. You may not realise it, but some of our greatest men started life as children.

Cheers
Steffen.

[redbeard (Damien)]

A note on shouting into mobile phones. When I'm in the back yard talking on my mobile phone, my wife often says that I shout into it. I think the reason is some of my friends have not the best reception and or they are drunk, and what I hear is slurred and a bit droppy out like at times.. so I tend to shout to compensate for the reception rather than to impress the neigbours. The silly thing is, I know the phone has AGC, (automatic gain control), and I only need to talk normally, but still I don't. LOL or should that be SOL.

But I do agree that some people do appear to talk loud and boast a bit.

As for planes, if it is important, then fair enough, just don't shout as it can be annoying. Planes don't crash if you use one, (as not everyone is frisked and made to turn off their phones), and they must have some technology to allow the transmission.

[JB80 (Jarrod)]

There was a time not too long ago that planes had a phone in the seat in front of you where now is the touch screen, you had to sipe your credit card and pay a small fortune to use it though.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Originally Posted by Steffen

Oh, lay off the children. You may not realise it, but some of our greatest men started life as children.

Only some Steffen

[TrevorW]

Ban in all forms of public transport, what did we do before they were invented- Oh dear we may have to talk to each other now wouldn't that be inconvenient

[skysurfer]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Ban in all forms of public transport, what did we do before they were invented- Oh dear we may have to talk to each other now wouldn't that be inconvenient

Agree. Here in NL many people (particularly girls between 20 and 35) are screaming into their iPhone on a volume level audible to the whole train cabin which can enjoy her life story.
So I hope when the EU releases a ban on cellphones on aircraft this will not be allowed (or charged steeply, e.g at least a few $ a minute) on aircraft. It is the last resort of silence during transport.
I even don't miss internet during 10+ hour flights, enough offline entertainment such as taking pics of the sky (yes that is possible !) from the aircraft.

[Steffen]

Yes, we need more bans. If there is one thing our society lacks it's bans. That way we won't have to teach our kids anything, not even manners.

Cheers
Steffen.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

I definitely think ALL mobile phone use should be banned when driving a car.
Driving is a full time occupation requiring complete attention at all times-no distractions, period!

[MortonH]

Originally Posted by Larryp

Driving is a full time occupation requiring complete attention at all times-no distractions, period!

Does that mean I can tell my wife to be quiet???

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Originally Posted by MortonH

Does that mean I can tell my wife to be quiet???

You can try!

[Paul Haese]

I don't have a problem with using mobiles on flights. I think if someone is talking too loud it is simply a matter of either raising this with the person or contact the steward and let them attend to the problem. Since it is an offence to ignore the directions of flight staff I would say much of the concerns shared here would be a non event once the stewards take control of noisy passengers. Besides who can hear anyone talking on a flight three rows away, most people are talking loudly anyway because of the engine noise. Bring it on I say.

Funny though how mobiles don't seem to interfere with the airplanes electronics afterall despite being told this for years on many, many flights.