FCC Says Inflight Calls a Go, But DoT Says No
People seem to forget...
I think that the technical decision should be separated from the etiquette decision. Both the FCC and DoT are technical bodies, and should define their roles as such. If there are no technical reasons to ban cell phone use, they should allow it.
The airlines can, on their own, decide to allow or not allow cell phone conversations in-flight. It is their right, as much as it is the right of theater operators to insist that cell phones be silenced during a perf...
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AirPhone in fact also had a $10 add-on plan via Verizon that allowed you to make and receive calls at your seat back phone onboard any flight and used your Verizon minutes.
I think texting and emailing and instant messaging should be encouraged over voice calls, however they should not be banned at all as they have been and are still allowed everywhere except North America on planes.
Aside from this, if they wanna nitpick about calls being made on planes, how about all them calls that 9/11 passengers made. No one complained then.
The best thing to do is charge $10 a min, with a 40% federal tax and bill in 5 minute intervals. So if you really need to make tha call, $70 would not be a problem for those who so wish.
Versed said:
with a 40% federal tax and bill in 5 minute intervals. So if you really need to make tha call, $70 would not be a problem for those who so wish.
No thanks. If you'd like to pay the tax, why don't you write the check yourself.
I can see it now, if this goes through, some clown will ask people to be quiet because they're make an important call thats more important then what others are doing. Heck, I'd just turn my music player louder on purpose.
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