Cellphones Aloft: The Inevitable Is Closer

The day may finally be coming when you will be allowed to make calls on your own cellphone from an airliner, reports the NY Times. Trouble is, so will the passengers sitting on either side of you, and in front and in back of you, as well,

"Federal regulators plan next week to begin considering rules that would end the official ban on cellphone use on commercial flights. Technical challenges and safety questions remain. But if the ban is lifted, one of the last cocoons of relative social silence would disappear, forcing strangers to work out the rough etiquette of involuntary eavesdropping in a confined space.

Related post in the Washington Times yesterday - Cell Phones In Flight Considered

emily | 9:34 AM | Cell Phones while driving/flying/sailing |
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