FCC says 'no' to cell phones on planes

[CMF Newsman]

WASHINGTON - Striking a blow for cell phone haters everywhere, a government agency on Tuesday said it will keep a rule in place that requires the divisive devices to be turned off during airline flights.

The reasoning behind the decision was technical. But the avalanche of comments the Federal Communications Commission has logged from airline travelers have been nothing short of visceral.

"These days it's impossible to get on a bus without at least one person hollering into their cell phone, invading the private space of everyone around them," one member of the public wrote in an e-mail to the FCC. "That's bad enough when one can get off in 10 minutes. To have to suffer through HOURS of such torture, with nowhere to go and miserably cramped conditions — someone is going to explode."

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[one]

someone is going to explode

..........on a plane. didn't do any critical thinking before making that comment, .........did he?

[gridbug]

The airlines can't make money off those phones they installed for passengers if you use your cell. Turning your phone on may not crash the plane, but if they see you I am sure the pilots can come up with a bit of "turbulence".

[Warkitty]

We're not building towers that tall.........

[Jay]

I don't know........That always sounded suspicious. How can a cell phone do anything to those electronics? They don't do any harm to regular electronics........

[Longshot! [ Saint ]]

'Had a Loud Talker next to me in a slow moving checkout line not too long ago. I turned to them, smiled, and loudly started repeating "Blah ! Blah ! Blah ! Blah ! Blah ! Blah ! Blah !" Though I was clearly smiling, they scrunched their face in confusion, then anger, and finally fear in a matter of seconds, and left the line, phone still jammed to head. Those remaining nearby giggled, and a few applauded.

It is simply amazing how little time it took for people to become so galactically rude at any given time and place. I can think of little else to combat this, but my own rudeness to underscore their own.

(Or at least giggle in amusement upon later reflections of such. "Win/Win", yes.)